Today at Talk Radio News

Today at Talk Radio News Service Chief Pentagon Correspondent Meredith MacKenzie is covering the House Armed Services Committee and the markup to authorize appropriations for 2009 military operations. We will also be covering the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and their hearing on the Global Food Crisis in addition to the weekly pen and pad briefing with Majority Leader Steny Hoyer. Later in the morning a reporter will also be covering a news conference to urge additional U.S. presence in Darfur.

In the afternoon the bureau will be covering an event at the Center for National Policy titled “Cutting the Tether: Waging War Without Oil.” The House Select Energy Independence and Global Warming Committee will be having a full committee hearing on “Building Green, Saving green,” while we will also be covering the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law and Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.