Indiana District Nine Representative Lee Hamilton chairs the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Serving his fifteenth term, Mr. Hamilton is an attorney from Daytona Beach, Florida. He attended DePauw University and the University of Indiana. He lives in Nashville, Indiana.
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The House Foreign Affairs Committee's chief concern is to provide economic assistance to developing nations as well as military training and equipment to U.S. allies around the world. Its Senate counterpart, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, overshadows Foreign Affairs because of its exclusive control over international treaties and nominations. Foreign Affairs subcommittees include 'Europe and the Middle East,' 'International Security, International Organizations, and Human Rights,' 'Economic Policy, Trade, and the Environment,' and 'Western Hemisphere Affairs.'
