C-SPAN to Cover White House's Syria Pitch to Senate Foreign Relations Committee

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C-SPAN will cover live a hearing in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Tuesday, when the White House brings out its big buns to make the case for military action in Syria.

The Congress is still not scheduled to convene to debate the issue until Sept. 9, when it returns from tis August recess, but Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, Secretary of State John Kerry and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair General Martin Dempsey are scheduled to make the case at the hearing, which is slated to start at 2:30 p.m.

C-SPAN will also carry it on C-SPAN Radio and it will also be webcast by the committee.

John Eggerton
John Eggerton

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.