Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
The strategic importance of the Freely Associated States in the Indo-Pacific
The purpose of the hearing is to examine the strategic importance of the Freely Associated States to the United States and our allies in the Indo-Pacific region, including the Compacts of Free Association with the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau.
Witnesses- Mark Lambert, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, U.S. Department of State
- Dr. Siddharth Mohandas, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for East Asia, Office of the Secretary of Defense, U.S. Department of Defense
- Keone Nakoa, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Insular and International Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior