Looks like CSPAN will air today's SFRC Afghanistan hearing

[Luftmensch067]

They've currently got it listed from 10-1 AM EST live on CSPAN 3, but after the last experience, my guess is that's just a schedule placeholder. If you're home at that time and want to check it out, it's a possibility, but otherwise, let's keep an eye on the schedule for an airing on one or another of the CSPAN channels later today!

[Luftmensch067]

1. Looks like it's happening, folks!

CSPAN 3, right now!

[YvonneCa]

3. Watching...

...thanks for the info. :hi:

[ObamaKerryDem]

4. Thanks! :) I will try to catch it if they show it again later or online! n/t

[beachmom]

2. Wash. Ind. has a post up:

http://washingtonindependent.com/70231/kerry-our-success-depends-on-a-robust-civilian-effort

Kerry: ‘Our Success Depends on a Robust Civilian Effort’

By Spencer Ackerman 12/9/09 10:21 AM

Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) introduced today’s Senate Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on Afghanistan and Pakistan — in which Deputy Secretary Jack Lew, who has the portfolio for managing the State Department, is joining Gen. David Petraeus and Ambassador Karl Eikenberry — by emphasizing two themes: “How Afghan governance will improve, and, above all, how we will strengthen our relationship with Pakistan.”

Expect the hearing to focus on civilian efforts more than military ones. Kerry said he has three major questions about the Obama administration’s Afghanistan strategy: Are there reliable Afghan forces to partner with? Are there local Afghan leaders to work with on the ground? Is the civilian capacity in place to make the military gains sustainable? “Our success depends on a robust civilian effort to build on our military gains,” Kerry said. “There is no military solution, ultimately, so that needs to remain front and center.”

More at the link.

[ObamaKerryDem]

5. C-SPAN lied...again. :( lol

I signed up for one of those e-mail scheduling updates and the one I got yesterday said that it was going to be on last night at 10 PM ET, but it never came on. I guess it was due to the Congress running past their usual time, in debates? :/

Hopefully they'll show it again soon. Oh well, there's always the online video, I guess! :)

[Luftmensch067]

6. Yeah, they ended up starting it after midnight EST!

Right after the House adjourned.