Who’ll receive the first grilling of the new era of oversight? Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is the lucky winner, who’ll be the first administration official to run the Democratic gauntlet.
On Thursday, she’ll start the day with a 10 A.M. hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Iraq, and then, after a short lunch, make her way over to the House to spend some time with the House Committee on Foreign Affairs at 2 P.M on the same topic.
For an encore, the Senate Armed Services Committee will follow up by questioning SecDef Robert Gates and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs General Peter Pace Friday morning.
Ready the popcorn!