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the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces in
refusing to grant a petition for review.’’.

SA 2767. Mr. MCCAIN submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 2735 submitted by Mr.
INOUYE (for himself, Mr. COCHRAN, and
Mr. JOHNSON) and intended to be proposed to the amendment SA 2730 proposed by Mr. JOHNSON (for himself and
Mrs. HUTCHISON) to the bill H.R. 3082,
making appropriations for military
construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for
the fiscal year ending September 30,
2010, and for other purposes; which was
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 2 of the amendment, beginning on
line 8, strike ‘‘Notwithstanding’’ and all that
follows through line 11.

SA
2768.
Mr.
REID
(for
Mr.
LIEBERMAN) proposed an amendment to
the bill S. 1825, to extend the authority
for relocation expenses test programs
for Federal employees, and for other
purposes; as follows:
On page 3, line 5, strike ‘‘October 31, 2009’’
and insert ‘‘December 18, 2009’’.

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SA 2769. Mr. REID (for Mr. DODD)
proposed an amendment to the resolution S. Res. 312, expressing the sense of
the
Senate
on
empowering
and
strengthening the United States Agency for International Development
(USAID); as follows:
Strike all after the resolving clause and insert the following:
That it is the sense of the Senate that—
(1) a highly capable and knowledgeable individual should be nominated with all expediency and exigency to serve as the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development;
(2) the Administrator should—
(A) serve as the chief advocate for United
States development capacity and strategy in
top-level national security deliberations;
(B) serve as a powerful advocate and effective leader of an empowered USAID; and
(C) marshal the resources, knowledge, capacity, and experiences of USAID—
(i) to effectively represent USAID in interagency debate and in advancing and executing foreign policy; and
(ii) to improve ultimately the effectiveness
and capability of United States foreign assistance;
(3) USAID must be empowered to be the
primary development agency of the United
States, and the Administrator must serve as
the principal advisor to the President and
national security organs of the United
States Government on the capacity and
strategy of United States development assistance;
(4) the Administrator should substantially
and transparently increase the total number
of full-time Foreign Service Officers employed by USAID, in part by reducing the reliance on outside contractor personnel, in
order to enhance the ability of the agency
to—
(A) carry out development activities
around the world by providing USAID with
additional human resources and expertise
needed to meet important development and
humanitarian needs around the world;
(B) strengthen the institutional capacity
of USAID as the lead development agency of
the United States; and
(C) more effectively help developing nations to become more stable, healthy, democratic, prosperous, and self-sufficient; and
(5) the Administrator should submit a
strategy to Congress that includes—

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(A) a plan to create a professional training
program that will provide new and current
Agency employees with technical, management, leadership, and language skills;
(B) a 5-year staffing plan;
(C) a description of further resources and
statutory changes necessary to implement
the proposed training and staffing plans; and
(D) a plan to address fraud and corruption
in United States development assistance and
procedures to safeguard United States foreign assistance funds from going to persons
or organizations that advocate or engage in
acts of international terrorism.

SA 2770. Mr. REID (for Mr. DODD)
proposed an amendment to the resolution S. Res. 312, expressing the sense of
the
Senate
on
empowering
and
strengthening the United States Agency for International Development
(USAID); as follows:
Strike the eighth whereas clause of the
preamble.
In the tenth whereas clause of the preamble, strike ‘‘all aid programs are administered by Federal agencies other than USAID,
and development funding’’ and insert ‘‘all
foreign assistance programs are administered by Federal agencies other than USAID,
and funding for such programs’’.
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NOTICE OF HEARING
COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND NATURAL
RESOURCES

Mr. BINGAMAN. Mr. President, I
would like to announce for the information of the Senate and the public
that a hearing has been scheduled before the Senate Committee on Energy
and Natural Resources. The hearing
will be held on Tuesday, November 17,
2009, at 10 a.m in room SD–366 of the
Dirksen Senate Office Building.
The purpose of this hearing is to explore the international aspects of global climate change.
Because of the limited time available
for the hearing, witnesses may testify
by invitation only. However, those
wishing to submit written testimony
for the hearing record may do so by
sending it to the Committee on Energy
and Natural Resources, United States
Senate, Washington, D.C. 20510–6150, or
by
e-mail
to
GinalWeinstock
@energy.senate.gov.
For further information, please contact Jonathan Black at (202) 224–6722 or
Gina Weinstock at (202) 224–5684.
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AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO
MEET
SUBCOMMITTEE ON WATER AND WILDLIFE

Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I ask
unanimous consent that the Subcommittee on Water and Wildlife of the
Committee on Environment and Public
Works be authorized to meet during
the session of the Senate on November
9, 2009, at 3 p.m. in room 406 of the
Dirksen Senate Office Building.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without
objection, it is so ordered.
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Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent, on behalf of Senator
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of H.R. 3082.
The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered.
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ORDER OF BUSINESS
Mr. REID. Madam President, we have
worked all day to try to come up with
some agreement with the Republicans
to move forward on the Military Construction bill. We are hopeful tomorrow that we can do that. Today we
have been unsuccessful. We have been
unsuccessful, of course, in getting an
agreement to move forward on the
package of bills dealing with veterans.
We will continue to work on a finite
list of amendments remaining to the
Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations bill.
In view of the memorial service in
Texas, there will be no rollcall votes
tomorrow. We have tried to be more
definite. I have had a number of Senators who have said they would go if
there were no votes. I could not earlier
today give them any indication that
there would be no votes, but I think at
this stage, with the memorial service
in Texas taking place and a number of
Senators wanting to go, we will have
no votes tomorrow. There was some
consideration that we would do it after
they get back, but we have Veterans
Day the next day, so we are going to
have no votes until next Monday, a
week from today. We will continue to
work on the health care legislation and
other things that are going to make
that week prior to Thanksgiving extremely eventful.
The regular caucus lunch will be held
tomorrow, the Democratic lunch at the
usual location. President Clinton will
be at that lunch to talk to us about
health care and certainly he is someone who knows a lot about health care.
The Democratic Members are encouraged to attend the caucus luncheon tomorrow. As we know, it starts at 12:30.
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EXECUTIVE SESSION

EXECUTIVE CALENDAR
Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed
to executive session to consider Calendar No. 530, the nomination of David
Gompert, to be Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence; that the
nomination be confirmed, and the motion to reconsider be laid upon the
table; that no further motions be in
order; that any statements relating to
the nomination be printed in the
RECORD; and that the President be immediately notified of the Senate’s action, and the Senate resume legislative
session.
The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr.
MERKLEY). Is there objection?
Without objection, it is so ordered.
The nomination considered and confirmed is as follows:

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David C. Gompert, of Virginia, to be Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence.

Mrs. FEINSTEIN. Mr. President, I
support the nomination of Mr. David C.
Gompert to be the Principal Deputy
Director of National Intelligence and
urge my colleagues to support this
nomination. The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence unanimously approved Mr. Gompert’s nomination by
voice vote on October 29.
The Principal Deputy DNI is an extremely important position that has
two main responsibilities: 1: to assist
the DNI, and 2: to act on behalf of the
DNI in his absence or due to a vacancy
in the position.
The Director of National Intelligence, Admiral Blair, has made clear
to me and to the committee his strong
desire to have Mr. Gompert in place to
carry out his duties. In fact, Director
Blair’s predecessor, Admiral Mike
McConnell, told the Committee when
he was in office that carrying out the
DNI function requires a strong and able
deputy, and that a lengthy vacancy in
the PD-DNI positions was a major
problem during his tenure.
Mr. Gompert has made clear that he
will assist Director Blair by serving as
the lead intelligence official in many
policymaking areas, including the numerous National Security Council
meetings in which intelligence assessments play a key role.
He will also have an important role
to play in assuring that the National
Intelligence Program, which was recently disclosed to account for $49.8
billion in fiscal year 2009, is managed
well and provides to the American public the intelligence capability required
to keep the nation safe and its policymakers well informed.
Especially given Mr. Gompert’s role
in the private sector, the committee
will look to him to import and insist
on strong management practices to
reign in troubled acquisitions, improve
information sharing, and help run our
intelligence apparatus as a true community and not just a collection of
agencies.
If confirmed, Mr. Gompert will be the
third principal deputy DNI since Congress created the position in 2004. As I
mentioned previously, the position has
been unfilled for much of the time, so
I am pleased that the President has
nominated Mr. Gompert and I am also
pleased he will be confirmed quickly.
Mr. Gompert was nominated by
President Obama on August 6, 2009—the
day before Congress broke for the August Recess. After going through the
pre-hearing procedures, the Senate Intelligence Committee held a confirmation hearing on the nomination on October 13, 2009. As part of the confirmation process, Mr. Gompert was asked to
complete a committee questionnaire,
pre-hearing questions, and post-hearing
questions for the record. The answers
provided by Mr. Gompert have all been
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From my meeting with Mr. Gompert
and based on his answers to the questions put to him by members of the Intelligence Committee, I can say that
Mr. Gompert has proven that he will be
an excellent addition to help the Office
of the Director of National Intelligence
carry out all of its important responsibilities and to make continued reforms. His responses to our questions
have been thoughtful and thorough.
Mr. Gompert has almost 40 years of
experience as a national security professional and information technology
company executive. He has also served
as a national security analyst in senior
White House and State Department positions.
Most recently, Mr. Gompert has
worked in the Office of the Director of
National
Intelligence—ODNI—on
a
short-term assignment to evaluate how
the ODNI’s mission managers are
working in practice. In that informal
role, Mr. Gompert worked to identify
what additional measures can be taken
to facilitate mission management and
other forms of cross-agency teaming of
analysts and intelligence collectors.
Before his service at the ODNI, Mr.
Gompert was a Senior Fellow at the
RAND Corporation. Prior to this he
was Distinguished Research Professor
at the Center for Technology and National Security Policy at the National
Defense University.
In 2003 he was a senior advisor for National Security and Defense to the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq.
He has also been on the faculty of the
RAND Pardee Graduate School, the
United States Naval Academy, and the
National Defense University.
Mr. Gompert served as President of
RAND Europe from 2000 to 2003, during
which period he was on the RAND Europe Executive Board and the chairman
of RAND Europe-UK. He was vice president of RAND and director of the National Defense Research Institute from
1993 to 2000.
From 1990 to 1993, Mr. Gompert
served as special assistant to President
George H. W. Bush and senior director
for Europe and Eurasia on the National
Security Council staff. He has held a
number of positions at the State Department, including deputy to the
Under Secretary for Political Affairs,
1982–83; deputy assistant secretary for
European Affairs, 1981–82; deputy director of the Bureau of Political-Military
Affairs, 1977–81; and special assistant to
Secretary of State Henry Kissinger,
1973–75.
Mr. Gompert worked as an executive
in the private sector from 1983–1990,
when he held executive positions at
Unisys and at AT&T.
At Unisys, 1989–90, he was president
of the Systems Management Group and
vice president for Strategic Planning
and Corporate Development. At AT&T,
1983–1989, he was vice president, civil
sales and programs, and director of
international market planning.
Mr. Gompert holds a Bachelor of
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United States Naval Academy and a
Master of Public Affairs degree from
the Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton
University.
In sum, Mr. Gompert will be an asset
to the Intelligence Community because
he has worked at the intersection of intelligence and policy for much of his
career.
His background has provided good
management experience and a unique
perspective on how to address the challenges lying ahead for the Intelligence
Community.
I look forward to the Senate approving Mr. Gompert’s nomination and I
yield the Floor.
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LEGISLATIVE SESSION
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senate will resume legislative session.
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THE CALENDAR
Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed
to the immediate consideration of the
following postal naming bills en bloc:
Calendar Nos. 198 through 207: H.R. 955,
H.R. 1516, H.R. 1713, H.R. 2004, H.R. 2215,
H.R. 2760, H.R. 2972, H.R. 3119, H.R. 3386,
and H.R. 3547.
There being no objection, the Senate
proceeded to the bills en bloc.
Mr. REID. Mr. President, I will make
a brief comment. I had the good fortune of serving with Wes Watkins, a
Member of the House of Representatives from Oklahoma. It is a very good
thing that there is going to be a building named after him.
Finally, Rex Lee was my neighbor
when I first came back to Congress. His
son and my boy Josh were best friends.
They still are. Rex Lee was one of
America’s all-time great legal minds.
He argued numerous cases before the
U.S. Supreme Court. He was stricken
as a young man with an incurable type
of cancer and died at a much too early
age. He was first dean of the BYU Law
School and then president of BYU. His
No. 1 qualification was his legal mind,
which was outstanding, and he had
such a wonderful family. I think that is
wonderful that there is going to be a
building named after Rex Lee in Provo,
UT. He deserves that.
Mr. HATCH. Mr. President, I rise
today to pay tribute to Rex E. Lee, a
man whose legacy we recognize today
by renaming the post office in Provo,
UT in his honor. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Conner captured my
own feelings about Rex when she said:
Knowing him [Rex] was one of the greatest
privileges of my life. Remembering him will
be one of the easiest.

Graduating first in his class from the
University of Chicago Law School in
1963, Rex went on to serve as a law
clerk for Byron White on the U.S. Supreme Court. Then, just 4 years out of
law school, Rex argued his first case
before the Supreme Court in 1967, and
went on in 1972 to become the Founding Dean of the J. Reuben Clark Law
School at Brigham Young University.

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