The week ahead

The federal government is still shut down. House lawmakers are on a "district work period." Several Senate hearings take place this week.

Tuesday

The Senate Armed Services Committee holds a hearing to consider the nominations of John Noh to be assistant secretary of defense for Indo-Pacific security affairs, Charles Young to be Army general counsel, William Lane to be Air Force general counsel and David Beck to be the National Nuclear Security Administration's deputy administrator for defense programs.

The Senate Armed Services emerging threats and capabilities subcommittee holds a hearing on threats and challenges posted to Defense Department personnel and operations from adversarial access to publicly available data analysis tools now widely available on the commercial market.

Thursday

The Senate Armed Services Committee holds a hearing to consider the nomination of Gen. Kenneth Wilsbach to be Air Force chief of staff.