Lawmakers called back-to-back hearings to examine cases of detainee abuse that have ignited world outrage and brought Mr. Rumsfeld a personal scolding from President Bush.
In Mr. Duncan's remarks, prepared for his scheduled appearance in back-to-back hearings before the Senate and House education committees on Wednesday, he outlined the administration's views on teachers, the teaching profession, and how the blueprint would affect both.
The back-to-back hearings before Senate and House committees, Mr. Geithner's first public appearance on Capitol Hill in several months, offered a microcosm of the political divisions that have paralyzed Washington.
Each of the three is determined to use the spectacle to advantage, but all face political risks as well as opportunities in the back-to-back hearings before the Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees.
Outgoing US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has defended her handling of the raid on a US consulate in Libya, in back-to-back hearings on Capitol Hill.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has angrily defended her handling of the raid on a US consulate in Libya, in back-to-back hearings on Capitol Hill.
The report comes just one day before Federal Bureau of Investigation director James Comey appears at back-to-back hearings on the Hill to make his case that the agency should have backdoor access to encrypted data so that it can complete investigations.
The fact Lawrie had not been called back to hearings meant there was little opportunity to "ignore" the inquiry, and he and Spurr stopped corresponding with it when they ceased representing her, no longer having the resources to do so pro bono, Wyvill said.
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt). said future generations will look back on hearings like Wednesday's and wonder "what world was the United States Senate living in" because it was pushing for more fossil fuel development "at a time of devastating damage done by climate change".
In normally laid-back committee hearings, at least one official delivered an emotional plea in favor of the bar pilots.
"A further reason for avoiding two hearings, back to back, is to show some regard for the man himself," Tebbit wrote to Geoff Hoon.
