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Daschle Confirmation Hearing

Former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle was the first nominee of the incoming Obama administration to appear before a Senate committee for confirmation. This ...

Federal News Network Staff

January 9, 2009 5:28 pm

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Former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle was the first nominee of the incoming Obama administration to appear before a Senate committee for confirmation. This hearing was before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pension Commmittee yesterday.

Lessons Learned From Mumbai

The Senate Homeland Security Committee looked into lessons learned from the terror attacks on a hotel in Mumbai last November. They asked intelligence officials at the Homeland Security Department and FBI about how they’re working to prevent a similar attack here, and how they’re interacting with Indian investigators.