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Witness List: Senate hearing on Cobell settlement
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Filed Under: Cobell

The Senate Indian Affairs Committee will hold a hearing tomorrow to address the Cobell settlement.

The hearing takes place immediately following a business committee meeting at 2:15pm in Room 628 of the Senate Dirksen Office Building. The witness list follows:

Panel 1
THE HONORABLE KEN SALAZAR
Secretary of the Interior, United States Department of the Interior
Accompanied by: THE HONORABLE DAVID HAYES, Deputy Secretary, United States Department of the Interior
THE HONORABLE HILARY TOMPKINS, Solicitor, Office of the Solicitor, United States Department of the Interior

THE HONORABLE TOM PERRELLI
Associate Attorney General, United States Department of Justice

Panel 2
MS. ELOISE COBELL
Lead Plaintiff
Accompanied by : MR. KEITH HARPER, Class Counsel and Partner, Kilpatrick Stockton

Committee Notice:
OVERSIGHT HEARING on the Cobell v. Salazar Settlement Agreement (December 17, 2009)

Relevant Documents:
Agreement | Press Release | Q&A | Audio

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