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Congressional hearings

Military-related hearings scheduled in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives this week.

Monday, March 5

* Walter Reed Army Medical Center outpatient treatment before House Oversight and Government Reform national security subcommittee; patients, spouses of patients, Army Surgeon General Lt. Gen. Kevin Kiley, former Walter Reed commander Maj. Gen. George Weightman and the Government Accountability Office testify; 10 a.m.; Joel Auditorium at Walter Reed.

* Walter Reed Army Medical Center issues before House defense appropriations subcommittee; Army Chief of Staff Gen. Peter Schoomaker, Army Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Richard Cody and Army Surgeon General Lt. Gen. Kevin Kiley testify; 1:30 p.m.; Rayburn 2359.

Tuesday, March 6

* National Security Personnel System before the House Armed Services readiness subcommittee; Defense Department, American Federation of Government Employees, and Partnership for Public Service testify; 2 p.m.; Rayburn 2118.

* Walter Reed Army Medical Center outpatient treatment before the Senate Armed Services Committee; Defense Department and Army witnesses testify; 9:30 a.m., Hart 216.

* Veterans of Foreign Wars before joint House and Senate veterans’ affairs committee; 9:30 a.m.; Cannon 345.

* Military spending before the House Budget Committee; Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England testifies; 10 a.m.; Cannon 210.

* Iran policy before the House Foreign Affairs Committee; State Department officials testify; 2 p.m.; Rayburn 2172.

* Global polls of U.S. policy before the House Foreign Affairs international organizations subcommittee; outside witnesses testify; 10 a.m.; Rayburn 2172.

Wednesday, March 7

* Military medical programs before the Senate defense appropriations subcommittee; 10 a.m.; Dirksen 192.

* Markup of supplemental appropriations before the House Appropriations Committee; time and room to be announced.

* Long-range military construction plans before the House military construction and VA appropriations subcommittee; time to be announced; Capitol H-143.

* U.S. Pacific Command and U.S. Forces Korea before the House Armed Services Committee; 8:30 a.m.; Rayburn 2118.

* VA claims adjudication before the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee; 9:30 a.m.; Russell 418.

* Airlift and aerial refueling before the House Armed Services air and land forces subcommittee; 3 p.m., Rayburn 2118.

Thursday, March 8

* Treatment of wounded service members before the House Armed Services Committee; Undersecretary of Defense for Personnel and readiness David S.C. Chu, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs Dr. William Winkenwerder Jr., and Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Installations Philip Grone testify; 10 a.m., Rayburn 2118.

* Submarine acquisition before the House Armed Services seapower and expeditionary forces subcommittee; Navy and outside witnesses testify; 2 p.m.; Rayburn 2212.

* U.S. Strategic Forces Command before the House Armed Services strategic forces subcommittee; 3 p.m.; Rayburn 2118.

* U.S. Pacific Command, U.S. Northern Command and Army Corps of Engineers commander nominations before the Senate Armed Services Committee; 9:30 a.m.; Hart 216.

* Defense Department intelligence programs before the Senate Intelligence Committee; 2:30 p.m.; Hart 219. (Closed)

* Blinded Veterans, Jewish War Veterans and Paralyzed Veterans of America agendas before joint House and Senate veterans’ affairs committees; 9:30 a.m.; Dirksen 106.