Reply #6: Forgot to add, they are off next week too - but there are interesting sfrc hearings then

[karynnj]

senate calendar
http://senate.gov/legislative/resources/pdf/2011_calendar.pdf

As to the hearings;

Afghanistan: What is an Acceptable End-State, and How Do We Get There? - May 3, 10 am

The Honorable Thomas R. Pickering
Co-Chair, The Century Foundation International Task Force on Afghanistan
Vice Chairman, Hills & Company
Washington, DC
Dr. Anne-Marie Slaughter
Bert G. Kerstetter '66 University Professor of Politics and International Affairs
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ
The Honorable Richard N. Haass
President
Council on Foreign Relations
New York, NY

(no administration witness - which is interesting.)



Assessing U.S. Policy and Its Limits in Pakistan - May 5, 10 am
Dr. Samina Ahmed
South Asia Project Director
International Crisis Group
Islamabad, Pakistan
Mr. Moeed Yusuf
South Asia Adviser
Center for Conflict Analysis and Prevention, U.S. Institute of Peace
Washington, DC
Mr. Michael Krepon
Co-Founder & Senior Associate
South Asia, Henry L. Stimson Center
Washington, DC

(interesting that there is no administration witness )

These should both be very interesting hearings. There have been times in the past where the administration would not send someone - and Senator Lugar - made strong comments about it. I wonder if this is happening again.

(I also wonder if the topics, suggest why we have heard nothing about Kerry. Both of these issues likely need substantial thought and - for Pakistan - possibly a visit, or at least a lot of phone calls. Pakistan/US relations are a mess. )