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Today's Events
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Courthouse Security
Leahy, Patrick J., U.S. Senator, D-VT
Specter, Arlen, U.S. Senator, R-PA
Reyna, Benigno, Director, U.S. Marshals Service
Lefkow, Joan H., Judge, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois
The Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on courthouse security. The hearing will focus on protecting the judiciary at home and at the courthouse.
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Military Base Closings, Army
Schoomaker, Peter J., Chief of Staff, U.S. Army
Harvey, Francis J., Secretary, U.S. Army
Principi, Anthony J., Chair, Defense Base Closure & Realignment Cmsn.
The 2005 Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission will hold a round of hearings. The Secretary of the Army and his chief of staff will present the Army's recommendations. Then Department of the Army officials will discuss the methodology used to formulate the recommendations.
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Senate Session
The Senate is expected to start considering judicial nominations.
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House Session
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Steroid Testing in Sports
Stearns, Clifford, U.S. Representative, R-FL
Stern, David, Commissioner, National Basketball Association
Fehr, Donald, Executive Director, Major League Baseball
Selig, Bud, Chairman, Major League Baseball, Executive Council
Schakowsky, Jan, U.S. Representative, D-IL
Garber, Donald, Commissioner, Major League Soccer
Bettman, Gary, Commissioner, National Hockey League
Hunter, Billy, Executive Director, National Basketball Players Association
The Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee will hold a hearing on steroid testing for athletes in commercial sports. The hearing will focus on H.R. 1862, the Drug Free Sports Act. The legislation would direct the Secretary of Commerce to issue rules requiring professional sports to adopt and enforce steroid drug testing policies. The subcommittee will hear testimony from the commissioners of the National Football League, Major League Baseball, Major League Soccer, the National Basketball Association and the National Hockey League.
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Judicial Nominations
Slaughter, Louise, U.S. Representative, D-NY
Greenberger, Marcia D., Co-President, National Women's Law Center
Boxer, Barbara, U.S. Senator, D-CA
Capps, Lois, U.S. Representative, D-CA
Women members of Congress will hold a news conference on judicial nominations and the "nuclear option." They will be joined by members of the Coalition for a Fair and Independent Judiciary. Among those testifying will be Judge Lefkow, whose mother and husband were shot and killed by a suspect that appeared in her court.
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U.S.-U.K. Relations
Straw, Jack, Foreign Secretary, Labour, United Kingdom
British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw will give his first policy address since the British elections earlier this month. He will outline the United Kingdom's foreign policy priorities for the next several years in the context of Britain's chairmanship of the G-8 this year and the upcoming presidency of the European Union in the second half of 2005.
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National Intelligence Director Ceremonial Swearing-In
Bush, George W., President, United States
Negroponte, John, Director of Natl. Intelligence, White House
President Bush participates in the ceremonial swearing-in of John Negroponte to be the National Director of Intelligence.
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Military Base Closings, Joint Cross Service Groups
Lippert, Keith W., Director, Defense Logistics Agency
Wynne, Michael W., Undersecretary, Department of Defense, Acquisition and Technology
Abell, Charles S., Principal Dep. Undersec, Department of Defense, Personnel and Readiness
Haave, Carol A., Deputy Undersecretary, Department of Defense, Counterintelligence and Security
Principi, Anthony J., Chair, Defense Base Closure & Realignment Cmsn.
The 2005 Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission will hold a round of hearings. Department of Defense officials will present the Department of Defense's recommendations for Joint Cross Service Groups. Then officials will discuss the methodology used to formulate the recommendations.
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