SFRC Iraq Hearings 1/10 & 1/11

[TayTay]

Wendesday morning at 9:30 am. (Need help on keeping track of this. Meeting at work that I have to attend to see if I get laid off or not.)

Securing America’s Interests in Iraq:
The Remaining Options.

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Where We Are:
The Current Situation in Iraq
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HEARING
before the

COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS
UNITED STATES SENATE
ONE HUNDRED TENTH CONGRESS
FIRST SESSION

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Wednesday, January 10, 2007

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Time: 9:30 AM
Place: 216 Hart Senate Office Building


Witnesses:
Dr. Phebe Marr
Historian, Author of “The Modern History of Iraq”
Washington, DC

Dr. Michael O’Hanlon
Senior Fellow and Sydney Stein, Jr. Chair
The Brookings Institution
Washington, DC

Mr. Yahia Said
Research Fellow
Centre for the Study of Global Governance
London School of Economics
London, England

Dr. Paul Pillar
Adjunct Professor
Georgetown University
Washington, DC

WEBCAST AT: http://foreign.senate.gov/hearing.html

[TayTay]

1. Thursday, Condileeza Rice testifies.

Securing America’s Interests in Iraq:
The Remaining Options.

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The Administration’s Plan for Iraq
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HEARING
before the

COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS
UNITED STATES SENATE
ONE HUNDRED TENTH CONGRESS
FIRST SESSION

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Thursday, January 11, 2007

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Time: 10:00 AM
Place: 106 Dirksen Senate Office Building


Witness:
The Honorable Condoleezza Rice
Secretary of State
U.S. Department of State
Washington, DC

[TayTay]

2. Thursday at 2:00 pm

Securing America’s Interests in Iraq:
The Remaining Options.

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Alternative Plans:
Troop Surge, Partition, Withdrawal,
or Strengthen the Center?
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HEARING
before the

COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS
UNITED STATES SENATE
ONE HUNDRED TENTH CONGRESS
FIRST SESSION

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Thursday, January 11, 2007

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Time: 2:00 PM
Place: 106 Dirksen Senate Office Building


Witnesses:
The Honorable Peter W. Galbraith
Senior Diplomatic Fellow
Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation
Washington, DC

Dr. Frederick W. Kagan
Resident Scholar
American Enterprise Institute
Washington, DC This man is co-writer of the Surge Plan

Dr. Ted Galen Carpenter
Vice President for Defense and Foreign Policy Studies
CATO Institute
Washington, DC

Dr. Daniel P. Serwe
Vice President
Center for Post-Conflict Peace and Stability
Operations and the Centers of Innovation
United States Institute of Peace
Washington, DC

[beachmom]

3. Will this air on C-SPAN3? I don't get that channel. I'm hoping perhaps

that they'll repeat it in the evening on C-SPAN1 or C-SPAN2? Or . . . wondering if the dummy channels (CNN, MSNBC, or Fox) will consider showing it live.

Hope that meeting turns out alright for you, Tay.

[TayTay]

4. It will be on the committee webcast

And, I am sure, on CSpan 3 if possible. If not, it will almost surely run in it's entirety at night on one of the other C-Spans. Check the C-Span site tomorrow morning.

BTW, each Senate Committee room, except for Small Biz (grrr) is equipped for making live webcasts. In addition to that there are other ways of getting the feed:

http://foreign.senate.gov/ check here on the day of the hearing, it will be on this page.

http://www.capitolhearings.org/ This is an audio only broadcast of the hearing, by room. Go here and look up the Foreign Relations hearings.

[wisteria]

5. Thanks Tay.

Oh, and if I wasn't having to work myself, I would of gladly help out. Good luck tomorrow.

[rox63]

13. A lot of people must be watching/listening online

Because I can't get it to stream properly. The sound is very jittery, and the picture is more like a series of still pictures. Even when I just tried the audio only, it was difficult to listen to. I'll depend on the kindness of strangers with cube-rat updates.

[Inuca]

14. I am streaming

without problem, looks and sound OK, from the CSPAN site, and I do not have a very fast connection.

[rox63]

15. Weird, I'm here at work on a corporate network, and the sound/video quality is bad

I must have bad streaming karma or something. I really shouldn't be listening anyway, since I work on the phone. And I'm certain our customers don't want to listen to it while we try to fix their computer problems.

[rox63]

6. Sorry about the meeting, Tay

I heard yesterday that your company was cutting hundreds of jobs. I hope you don't get axed. Are they sending the jobs overseas? <fingers crossed for Tay>

[TayTay]

7. Oh, I will survive

Change is, after all, the one constant in life.

God grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change;
courage to change the things I can;
and wisdom to know the difference.

Whatever happens is a 'done to me' not a 'done by me.' I will survive, knowing the difference and knowing that all things move on.

Ahm, there are worse things than loosing that state of constant fear that 'the bad thing' will happen. Sometimes, letting 'the bad thing' happen is the best way to move on and be rid of that nagging fear.

[MH1]

8. Well, I hope that the meeting has a good outcome for you.

Whichever outcome that you would consider good. ;-)

They'd be nuts to lay you off, of course. That would be their loss.

Managing off-shored jobs brings its own challenges. Many companies come to regret the decision, and pull at least some of the jobs back. However then it is often too late to bring back the experienced employees that they let go.

[TayTay]

9. SFRC meeting, Wed Jan 10th at 9:30. Witness revision

The meeting is still being held at 9:30 on Wed. The SFRC site has updated the witness list.

Witnesses:
Dr. Phebe Marr
Historian, Author of “The Modern History of Iraq”
Washington, DC

Dr. Michael O’Hanlon
Senior Fellow and Sydney Stein, Jr. Chair
The Brookings Institution
Washington, DC

Mr. Yahia Said
Director
Iraq Revenue Watch
London, England

Dr. Paul Pillar
Visiting Professor
Security Studies Program
Georgetown University
Washington, DC

[whometense]

10. Is JK there?

I wondered if that was him coughing. :hug:

Nevermind - just saw him.

[whometense]

11. 8 minute rounds of questions.

Phebe Marr, author of "The Modern History of Iraq" up first, to discuss historical context.

Struck by the discontinuity of Iraqi history

[Inuca]

12. Trying to watch (streaming)

Heard Biden's introductory comments, many new people, some nice, some that will be a painful replacement for the now happily unemplyed Allen.

[beachmom]

16. Typical of the MSM -- no equal time for the Democrats

Just checked cable -- all they're talking about is the president's speech tonight while ignoring the hearings going on right now. This is BLATANT bias in the president's favor.

I hope they repeat these hearings at night on C-SPAN so that I can tape it. I'm not in a position to sit in front of my computer and watch the streaming video live. But thank God for the internet; otherwise it would be like a tree falling in the forest and no one hearing it.

[Inuca]

17. FYI

Kerry on now

[beachmom]

18. 11 AM -- Kerry up now

just talked about the international conference he proposed 3 years ago.

[beachmom]

19. Kerry question:

Gen. Abizaid said no more troops.

Will troops help or make things worse?

Where are we in 6 months with more troops?