COCOM Hearings

The Senate Appropriations defense subcommittee plans to hold a pair of closed hearings next week on the fiscal year 2013 budget requests for U.S. Central, Africa and Pacific commands, according to a just-released appropriations committee statement.

CENTCOM chief Gen. James Mattis and AFRICOM chief Gen. Carter Ham will both appear before the subcommittee on Wednesday, May 9, and PACOM chief Adm. Samuel Locklear will testify on Thursday, May 10, according to the statement.

Both closed hearings will take place at 10:30 a.m. in Room 217 of the Capitol Visitor Center.