The Week Ahead: February 9th, 2026

WASHINGTON – This week, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will convene for one nominations hearing.

1. Nomination Hearing: Wesley Brooks to be assistant secretary of State for oceans, international environment, and scientific affairs, Jeremy Carl to be assistant secretary of State for international organizations, William Long to be ambassador to Iceland, and Robert Sweeney to be director of the Asian Development Bank.
• Date: Thursday, February 12^th, 2026
• Time: 10:30am
• Location: Dirksen Senate Office Building, SD-419
• A livestream of this event will be available here.
• Members of the press interested in covering this event in person should RSVP to the Senate Press Gallery.

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