Speaking of hearings, what's up with hearings in SFRC

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lately. There is another closed one planned for Tuesday morning, Arpil 4th. (Just before the open meeting with US Ambassador to Iraq Khalilzad. Hmmmmm. )

Counterterrorism Priorities
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MEMBERS BRIEFING
CLOSED BRIEFING
before the

COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS
UNITED STATES SENATE
ONE HUNDRED NINTH CONGRESS
SECOND SESSION

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Tuesday, April 4, 2006

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Time: 10:00 AM
Place: S-407 The Capitol
Presiding: Senator Sununu

Briefer:
The Honorable Henry A. Crumpton
Coordinator for Counterterrorism
Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism
Department of State
Washington, DC
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Hmmm, if Sen. Sununu is chairing this, that means it's this sub-committee

Subcommittee on International Operations and Terrorism
John E. Sununu, Chairman
George V. Voinovich
George Allen
Norm Coleman
Lamar Alexander
Bill Nelson, Ranking Member
Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
John F. Kerry
Barbara Boxer

[TayTay]

1. The witness at the Counterterrorism hearing is also

at another, open hearing, later on in the week. (Yucky George Allen is chairing.)

Islamist Extremism in Europe
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HEARING
before the

COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS
UNITED STATES SENATE
ONE HUNDRED NINTH CONGRESS
SECOND SESSION

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Wednesday, April 5, 2006

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Time: 2:30 PM
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Presiding: Senator Allen
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Hmmmmm.

[TayTay]

2. Sen. Lugar sent out a Dear Colleague letter on this

And asked Sens to peruse the Brookings Institute Statistical index on Iraq.

It's actually pretty interesting stuff.

http://www.brookings.edu/fp/saban/iraq/index.pdf

Huh! Lugar, a conservative Repub, likes to send out links to the Brookings Institute, a nominally, at least, liberal think tank. Hmmmm.