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On the recordMarch 14, 2012
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs' Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on March 14, 2012, at 2:30 p.m., to conduct a hearing entitled, ``Managing Interagency Nuclear Nonproliferation Efforts: Are We Effectively Securing Nuclear Materials Around the World?'' The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. subcommittee on personnel
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Barbara Boxer
Democratic · California

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