Hillary Clinton to testify before Senate committee next week

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will appear before Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) and his Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday to defend her agency's priorities for national security and foreign policy for the fiscal year 2013.

Senate committee hearings for next week are as follows:

Armed Services

Feb. 28, "Hearings to examine U.S. Pacific Command and U.S. Transportation Command in review of the Defense Authorization request for fiscal year 2013 and the Future Years Defense Program"

9:30 a.m., 106 Dirksen Senate Office Building        

March 1,"Hearings to examine U.S. European Command and U.S. Africa Command in review of the Defense Authorization request for fiscal year 2013 and the Future Years Defense Program"

9:30 a.m., 216 Hart Senate Office Building

Budget

Feb. 28, "Hearings to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2013 for the Department of Defense"

9:30 a.m., 608 Dirksen Senate Office Building     

Key witnesses: Secretary of the Department of Defense Leon Panetta and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin E. Dempsey

Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

Feb. 28, "Hearings to examine strengthening conservation through the 2012 farm bill"

10 a.m., 216 Hart Senate Office Building

Key witnesses: Administrator, Farm Service Agency, USDA, Bruce Nelson

Energy and Natural Resources

Feb. 28, "Hearings to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2013 for the Department of the Interior"

10 a.m., 366 Dirksen Senate Office Building   

Key witness: Secretary, U.S. Department of the Interior, Ken Salazar

Foreign Relations

Feb. 28, "Hearings to examine national security and foreign policy priorities in the fiscal year 2013 International Affairs Budget"

2 p.m., 216 Hart Senate Office Building

Key witness: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton

Veterans' Affairs

Feb. 29, "Hearings to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2013 for Veterans' Programs"

10 a.m., 418 Russell Senate Office Building