Corker To Hold Two More Hearings On Iran Nuclear Deal This Week

  • Tuesday, August 4, 2015

U.S. Senator Bob Corker, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, will preside over two more hearings this week examining the nuclear deal with Iran.  

On Tuesday, the committee will hear testimony on non-proliferation, inspections, and nuclear constraints from David Albright of the Institute for Science and International Security, former U.S. Ambassador Robert G. Joseph with the National Institute for Public Policy, and Dr. Gary Samore of Harvard University’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs.  

The second hearing on Wednesday will focus on implications for U.S. policy in the Middle East with testimony from Michael Singh of the Washington Institute and Dr. Ken Pollack of the Center for Middle East Policy at Brookings Institution. 

Here are the agendas: 
Tuesday, Aug. 4 

WHAT:                       Senate Foreign Relations Committee Hearing on “Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA): Non-Proliferation, Inspections, and Nuclear Constraints” 

WHEN:                      10:00 a.m. ET 

WHERE:                    Senate Dirksen 419 

WITNESSES:           Mr. David Albright
Founder and President
Institute for Science and International Security
Washington, D.C.

Ambassador Robert G. Joseph, Ph. D.
Senior Scholar
National Institute for Public Policy
Washington, D.C. 

Dr. Gary Samore
Executive Director for Research
Harvard University, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Cambridge, Mass. 

Wednesday, Aug. 5 

WHAT:                       Senate Foreign Relations Committee Hearing on “Implications of the JCPOA for U.S. Policy in the Middle East” 

WHEN:                      2:00 p.m. ET 

WHERE:                    Senate Dirksen 419 

WITNESSES:           Mr. Michael Singh 
Managing Director
Lane-Swing Senior Fellow, The Washington Institute
Washington, D.C. 

Dr. Ken Pollack
Senior Fellow
Center for Middle East Policy, Brookings Institution
Washington, D.C.


WEBCAST:              Both hearings will be webcast live here.

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