On Wednesday, June 14, 2023, at 10:00 a.m., in room 1324 Longworth House Office Building, the Committee on Natural Resources Indo-Pacific Task Force will hold an oversight hearing titled "How the Compacts of Free Association Support U.S. Interests and Counter the PRC’s Influence.”

Witnesses and Testimony

Mr. Albert V. Short
Colonel, U.S. Army (ret.)
former Chief Negotiator for 2004 Compact of Free Association
Lorton, VA 

Ms. Cleo Paskal
Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Foundation for Defense of Democracies
Washington, DC 

Dr. Thomas Lum
Specialist in Asian Affairs
Congressional Research Service
Washington, DC 

Mr. Grant Newsham
Colonel
U.S. Marine Corps (ret.)
Honolulu, HI