{"id":43426,"date":"2020-01-27T04:00:34","date_gmt":"2020-01-27T04:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/01\/27\/this-week-in-congress-overseas-conflict-zones-get-new-attention-amid-the-impeachment-trial\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T07:09:44","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T07:09:44","slug":"this-week-in-congress-overseas-conflict-zones-get-new-attention-amid-the-impeachment-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2020\/01\/27\/this-week-in-congress-overseas-conflict-zones-get-new-attention-amid-the-impeachment-trial\/","title":{"rendered":"This week in Congress: Overseas conflict zones get new attention amid the impeachment trial"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2020\/01\/22\/missing-defense-department-documents-get-renewed-focus-in-trump-impeachment-trial\/\" target=\"_blank\">impeachment proceedings continue in the Senate<\/a>, lawmakers from both chambers will shift some of their attention to overseas hot spots and the potential for military operations there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">House and Senate committees will hold hearings on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2020\/01\/23\/survey-nearly-half-of-afghans-want-us-troops-out-after-taliban-peace-deal\/\" target=_blank>Afghanistan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2020\/01\/23\/iran-uses-violence-politics-to-try-to-push-american-forces-out-of-iraq\/\" target=_blank>Iran<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2020\/01\/07\/what-the-iran-confrontation-means-for-indopacom-and-north-korea\/\" target=_blank>North Korea<\/a> and Iraq in coming days, with an eye towards possible budget requests for those overseas missions. The White House is scheduled to release its budget plan for fiscal 2021 next month. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Similarly, the heads of U.S. Africa Command and U.S. Southern Command will testify on Thursday on current threats in their regions of responsibility. They\u2019re the first of a series of high-level military commanders to visit Capitol Hill throughout the next few months in advance of budget work. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While hearings on the House side of Congress will be held as usual, Senate hearings have been shifted to earlier start times each morning so that senators can wrap up their work before the daily impeachment trial session begins each day at 1 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<strong>Tuesday, Jan. 28<\/strong><br>\r\n<br>\r\nSenate Armed Services \u2014 9 a.m. \u2014 G-50 Dirksen <br>\r\n<i>Afghanistan<\/i><br>\r\nRetired Gen. 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