Here are a few events taking place on Capitol Hill this week.

Hearing: Greenhouse Gas Emission Allowances

Committee: Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
Witnesses: Denny Ellerman of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research; Gilbert Metcalf of Tufts University; Karen Palmer of Resources for the Future; and Chad Stone of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
When: October 21, 09:45 a.m.
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Hearing: U.S. Policy Toward Burma

Committee: House Foreign Affairs Committee
Witnesses: Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell of the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Tom Malinowski, advocacy director for Human Rights Watch; Chris Beyrer, professor of epidemiology, international health, and health, behavior, and society at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; and Aung Din, executive director of the U.S. Campaign for Burma
When: October 21, 10:00 a.m.
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Hearing: International Violence Against Women: Stories and Solutions

Committee: House Foreign Affairs Committee
Witnesses: Rep. Janice Schakowsky, D-Ill.; Melanne Verveer, ambassador-at-large in the State Department's Office of Global Women's Issues; Mallika Dutt, founder and executive director of the Breakthrough; Nicole Kidman, actress and UNIFEM Goodwill ambassador
When: October 21, 02:00 p.m.
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Hearing: Afghanistan and Iraq: Perspectives on U.S. Strategy

Committee: House Armed Services Committee
Witnesses: Retired Army Lt. Gen. Dave Barno, director of the Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies; Beth Ellen Cole, senior program officer at the U.S. Institute of Peace's Center for Post-Conflict Peace and Stability Operations; and Matthew Waldman, fellow at the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy in Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government
When: October 22, 02:00 p.m.
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