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April 19, 2005

Defense Department Confirmation Hearing

The Senate Armed Services Committee held a hearing on the nomination of Gordon England to be deputy secretary of Defense and Admiral Michael… read more

The Senate Armed Services Committee held a hearing on the nomination of Gordon England to be deputy secretary of Defense and Admiral Michael Mullen to be Chief of Naval Operations. Among the issues they addressed in their testimony were force structure, operations tempo in overseas deployments, transforming military strategies and goals, personnel and retention issues, and weapons systems development. close

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Hillary Rodham Clinton U.S. Senator [D] New York
Susan M. Collins U.S. Senator (Class 2) [R] Maine

John Cornyn U.S. Senator (Class 2) [R] Texas
Gordon R. England Secretary U.S. Navy
Kay Bailey Hutchison U.S. Senator [R] Texas
James M. Inhofe U.S. Senator (Class 2) [R] Oklahoma
Ted Kennedy U.S. Senator [D] Massachusetts
Carl Levin U.S. Senator [D] Michigan
Joe Lieberman U.S. Senator [D] Connecticut
John S. McCain III U.S. Senator (Class 3) [R] Arizona
Michael "Mike" G. Mullen Admiral U.S. Navy
Bill Nelson U.S. Senator (Class 1) [D] Florida
Jack Reed U.S. Senator (Class 2) [D] Rhode Island
Jim Talent U.S. Senator [R] Missouri
John W. Warner U.S. Senator [R] Virginia

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Program ID:: 186363-1
Category:: Senate Committee
Format:: Senate Committee
Location:: Washington, District of Columbia, United States
First Aired:: Apr 20, 2005 | 12:18am EDT | C-SPAN 1
Last Aired:: Jun 08, 2007 | 11:39pm EDT | C-SPAN 1

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Apr 20, 2005 | 12:18am EDT | C-SPAN 1
Apr 20, 2005 | 4:50am EDT | C-SPAN 2
Apr 21, 2005 | 3:12pm EDT | C-SPAN 3
Apr 25, 2005 | 7:09pm EDT | C-SPAN 3
Jun 08, 2007 | 11:39pm EDT | C-SPAN 1

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