The five committee hearings scheduled Tuesday to evaluate President-elect Barack Obama's pending nominations.

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_ Peter Orszag for Office of Management and Budget director and Robert Nabors II for deputy director of the OMB by the Senate Budget Committee.

_ Hillary Rodham Clinton for secretary of state by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

_ Shaun Donovan for secretary of housing and urban development by the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee.

_ Steven Chu for energy secretary by the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee.

_ Arne Duncan for education secretary by the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee.