Hearings
Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific and the Global Environment
Eni F.H. Faleomavaega (D-AS), Chairman
Hearing and Briefing: "An Overview of the Compact of Free Association between the United States and the Republic of the Marshall Islands: Are Changes Needed?"
Transcript [PDF] | Webcast [Real Player]
Date
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
Location
Room 2172 of the Rayburn House Office Building
witnesses
Panel I
The Honorable David B. Cohen
Deputy Assistant Secretary
Office of Insular Affairs
U.S. Department of the Interior
Mr. Steven McGann
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary
Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs
U.S. Department of State
Mr. Francis A. Donovan
Director
Office of East Asia Affairs
Bureau of Asia and the Near East
U.S. Agency for International Development
*Panel I I
David B. Gootnick, M.D.
Director
International Affairs and Trade
U.S. Government Accountability Office
BRIEFERS:
The Honorable Gerald M. Zackios
Foreign Minister
Republic of the Marshall Islands
The Honorable Tony de Brum
Senator
Republic of the Marshall Islands
The Honorable Abacca Anjain-Maddison
Senator
Republic of the Marshall Islands
The Honorable Hiroshi Yamamura
Senator
Republic of the Marshall Islands
The Honorable Jack Ading
Senator
Republic of the Marshall Islands
Mr. James H. Plasman
Chairman
Marshall Islands Nuclear Claims Tribunal
Mr. Jonathan M. Weisgall
Legal Counsel
People of the Bikini Atoll