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Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported an 
original resolution authorizing expenditures by the committee; and
  The nominations of Sue Kathrine Brown, of Texas, to be Ambassador to 
Montenegro, Daniel L. Shields III, of Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador to 
Brunei Darussalam, David Lee Carden, of New York, to be Representative 
of the United States of America to the Association of Southeast Asian 
Nations, with the rank of Ambassador, and Pamela L. Spratlen, of 
California, to be Ambassador to the Kyrgyz Republic, all of the 
Department of State, and Eric G. Postel, of Wisconsin, to be an 
Assistant Administrator of the United States Agency for International 
Development, and a routine list in the Foreign Service.
  Also, committee adopted its rules of procedure for the 112th Congress 
and announced the following subcommittee assignments:
Subcommittee on International Operations and Organizations, Human 
Rights, Democracy and Global Women's Issues: Senators Boxer (Chair), 
Menendez, Casey, Shaheen, Durbin, DeMint, Inhofe, Isakson, and 
Barrasso.
Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Peace Corps, and Global Narcotics 
Affairs: Senators Menendez (Chair), Boxer, Webb, Shaheen, Udall (NM), 
Rubio, Lee, DeMint, Isakson, and Barrasso.
Subcommittee on International Development and Foreign Assistance, 
Economic Affairs, and International Environmental Protection: Senators 
Cardin (Chair), Menendez, Coons, Durbin, Udall (NM), Corker, Rubio, 
Risch, and Inhofe.
Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South and Central Asian Affairs: 
Senators Casey (Chair), Boxer, Menendez, Cardin, Coons, Udall (NM), 
Risch, Corker, Lee, Rubio, and Isakson.
Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs: Senators Webb (Chair), 
Boxer, Casey, Shaheen, Coons, Inhofe, Risch, Barrasso, and Rubio.
Subcommittee on European Affairs: Senators Shaheen (Chair), Cardin, 
Casey, Webb, Durbin, Barrasso, Risch, Corker, and DeMint.
Subcommittee on African Affairs: Senators Coons (Chair), Cardin, Webb, 
Durbin, Udall (NM), Isakson, Inhofe, Lee, and Corker.
  Senators Kerry and Lugar are ex officio members of each subcommittee.