SFRC Hearings: Nomination - Eikenberry

COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS UNITED STATES SENATE 111^th Congress 1^st Session

March 26, 2009, Thursday Time: 9:30 A.M. Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Building Presiding: Senator Kerry

Senator Kerry's Opening Statement (pdf) Nominee:

Lt. Gen. Karl W. Eikenberry (pdf) to be Ambassador to Afghanistan

Political Appointee. Most recently Deputy Chairman of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Military Committee in Brussels, Belgium. Read more here

See video of hearing from c-span here. Related Items:

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