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SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE Bioterrorism Full committee hearing on 
the treat of bioterrorism and the spread of infectious diseases. Witnesses: 
Sam Nunn, co-chairman/CEO, Nuclear Threat Initiative; James Woolsey, former 
director, CIA, partner, Shea and Gardner; D.A. Henderson, director, Center 
for Civilian Biodefense Studies, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; 
David Heymann, executive director, Communicable Diseases, World Health 
Organization, Geneva, Switzerland; Fred Ikle, distinguished scholar, Center 
for Strategic and International Studies; Frank Cilluffo, senior policy 
analyst, Center for Strategic and International Studies Location: 419 
Dirksen Senate Office Building. 10 a.m. Contact: 202-224-3953 
http://senate.gov/committee/foreign.html

SENATE HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR AND PENSIONS COMMITTEE Stem Cell Research 
Full committee hearing to examine stem cell research issues. Witnesses: 
Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa.; HHS Secretary Tommy Thompson; Douglas Melton, 
Ph.D., Thomas Dudley Cabot Professor in the Natural Sciences, chairman, 
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University; Karen 
Hersey, senior counsel, Intellectual Property, Massachusetts Institute of 
Technology; James Childress, Ph.D., Edwin Kyle Professor of Religious 
Ethics, University of Virginia; Kevin FitzGerald, SJ Ph.D., Georgetown 
University; John Chute, head, Hematopoietic Stem Cell Studies Section, 
NIDDK/Navy Transplantation and Autoimmunity Branch at NIH/Bethesda Naval 
Medical Center Location: 106 Dirksen Senate Office Building. 9:30 a.m. 
Contact: 202-224-5375 http://www.senate.gov/~labor **REVISED**