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119. TWELFTH OCEAN Container Ship 

41,971DWT 36,014GRT Malta flag 

(IRISL); Vessel Registration 

Identification IMO 9209348 (vessel) 

[NPWMD]. 

120. VAAFI (a.k.a. IRAN VAAFI) Bulk 

Carrier 53,000DWT 32,474GRT 

Malta flag (IRISL); Vessel 

Registration Identification IMO 

9387786 (vessel) [NPWMD]. 

121. ZAR 800DWT 644GRT Iran flag 

(IRISL); Vessel Registration 

Identification IMO 9260160 (vessel) 

[NPWMD]. 

122. ZIVAR Iran flag (IRISL); Vessel 

Registration Identification IMO 

9260172 (vessel)[NPWMD]. 

123. ZOMOROUD Bulk Carrier Iran flag 

(IRISL); Vessel Registration 

Identification IMO 9138044 (vessel) 

[NPWMD]. 

Dated: December 23, 2008. 

Adam J. Szubin, 

Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control. 

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U.S.-CHINA ECONOMIC AND 

SECURITY REVIEW COMMISSION 

Notice of Open Public Hearing 

AGENCY: U.S.-China Economic and 

Security Review Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of open public hearing— 

February 17, 2009, Washington, DC. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the 

following hearing of the U.S.-China 

Economic and Security Review 

Commission. 

Name: Carolyn Bartholomew, 

Chairman of the U.S.-China Economic 

and Security Review Commission. 

The Commission is mandated by 

Congress to investigate, assess, and 

report to Congress annually on ‘‘the 

national security implications of the 

economic relationship between the 

United States and the People’s Republic 

of China.’’ 

Pursuant to this mandate, the 

Commission will hold a public hearing 

in Washington, DC on February 17, 2009 

to address ‘‘China’s Role in the Origins 

of and Response to the Global 

Recession.’’ 

Background 

This event is the first in a series of 

public hearings the Commission will 

hold during its 2009 report cycle to 

collect input from leading academic, 

industry, and government experts on 

national security implications of the 

U.S. bilateral trade and economic 

relationship with China. The February 

17 hearing will examine the origins of 

the financial crisis and their link to 

China, the effect of the crisis on the 

U.S.-China economic relationship, and 

China’s short-term and long-term 

economic goals and prospects. 

The February 17 hearing will be Cochaired by Commissioners Michael R. 

Wessel and Daniel M. Slane. 

Information on hearings, as well as 

transcripts of past Commission hearings, 

can be obtained from the USCC Web 

Site http://www.uscc.gov. 

Copies of the hearing agenda will be 

made available on the Commission’s 

Web Site http://www.uscc.gov as soon as 

available. Any interested party may file 

a written statement by February 17, 

2009, by mailing to the contact below. 

On February 17, the hearing will be held 

in two sessions, one in the morning and 

one in the afternoon. A portion of each 

panel will include a question and 

answer period between the 

Commissioners and the witnesses. 

Date and Time: Tuesday, February 17, 

2009, 8:30 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. Eastern 

Standard Time. A detailed agenda for 

the hearing will be posted to the 

Commission’s Web site at http:// 

www.uscc.gov in the near future. 

ADDRESSES: The hearing will be held on 

Capitol Hill in the Dirksen Senate Office 

Building located at First Street and 

Constitution Avenue, NE., Washington, 

DC 20510. The assigned hearing room 

will be announced in the near future 

and will be posted to the Commission’s 

Web Site at www.uscc.gov. Public 

seating is limited to about 50 people on 

a first come, first served basis. Advance 

reservations are not required. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any 

member of the public wishing further 

information concerning the hearing 

should contact Kathy Michels, Associate 

Director for the U.S.-China Economic 

and Security Review Commission, 444 

North Capitol Street, NW., Suite 602, 

Washington D.C. 20001; phone: 202– 

624–1409, or via e-mail at 

kmichels@uscc.gov. 

Authority: Congress created the U.S.-China 

Economic and Security Review Commission 

in 2000 in the National Defense 

Authorization Act (Pub. L. 106–398), as 

amended by Division P of the Consolidated 

Appropriations Resolution, 2003 (Pub. L. 

108–7), as amended by Public Law 109–108 

(November 22, 2005). 

Dated: January 8, 2009. 

Kathleen J. Michels, 

Associate Director, U.S.-China Economic and 

Security Review Commission. 

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