Flag Officer Announcement

March 8, 2023 |

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III announced today that the president has made the following nomination:

Navy Vice Adm. Karl O. Thomas for reappointment to the grade of vice admiral, and assignment as deputy chief of naval operations for information warfare, N2/N6, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations; and director of naval intelligence, Washington, D.C. Thomas is currently serving as commander, Seventh Fleet, Yokosuka, Japan.

https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/3322261/flag-officer-announcement/

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2:00 PM EST

40th Anniversary of Ronald Reagan's "Evil Empire" Speech - Victims of Communism Museum, Washington, D.C.

Institute on Religion and Democracy

https://twitter.com/VoCommunism

https://theird.org/event/the-40th-anniversary-of-ronald-reagans-evil-empire-speech/

https://victimsofcommunism.org/event/the-40th-anniversary-of-ronald-reagans-evil-empire-speech/

2:00 PM ET

The International Women of Courage Award Ceremony

First Lady Jill Biden and Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken host the 17th annual International Women of Courage (IWOC) Award Ceremony.

The White House

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiNhe4nlT6s

2:00 PM EST

Burning the Midnight Oil: Why Depleting the Strategic Petroleum Reserve is Not a Solution to America's Energy Problem, Part I

House Oversight and Accountability Committee

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WITNESSES AND TESTIMONIES:

Mr. Alex Epstein

President

Center for Industrial Progress

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Dr. Ilia Bouchouev

Managing Partner

Pentathlon Investments, LLC

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https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/house-event/115431

https://www.congress.gov/committees/video

https://oversight.house.gov/hearing/burning-the-midnight-oil-why-depleting-the-strategic-petroleum-reserve-is-not-a-solution-to-americas-energy-problem-part-i/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T70hMbb5VIY

2:00 PM EST

Holding the Biden Administration Accountable for Wasteful Spending and Regulatory Overreach

House Financial Services Committee

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WITNESS LIST

The Honorable Mark Bialek, Inspector General, Office of Inspector General for the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

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The Honorable Richard Delmar, Deputy Inspector General, Department of Treasury Office of the Inspector General

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The Honorable Rebecca Sharek, Deputy Inspector General for Audits and Evaluations, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Office of Inspector General

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https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/house-event/115385

https://www.congress.gov/committees/video

https://financialservices.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=408624

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBk77M-SOKA

2:00 PM EST

Advances in AI: Are We Ready For a Tech Revolution?

House Oversight and Accountability Committee

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WITNESSES AND TESTIMONIES:

Dr. Aleksander Mądry

Director

MIT Center for Deployable Machine Learning and Cadence Design Systems Professor of Computing

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Dr. Eric Schmidt

Chair

Special Competitive Studies Project

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Dr. Scott Crowder

Vice President

IBM Quantum, and CTO, IBM Systems, Technical Strategy and Transformation

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Merve Hickok (Minority Witness)

Senior Research Director, Center for AI and Digital Policy

Founder, AIethicist.org

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https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/house-event/115432

https://www.congress.gov/committees/video

https://oversight.house.gov/hearing/advances-in-ai-are-we-ready-for-a-tech-revolution/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uf71AtPEuSU

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2:30 PM EST

Department Press Briefing with Spokesperson Ned Price.

Department of State

https://www.state.gov/todays-briefing-schedule/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtnYpUCJRVI