Sen. Michael Crapo , R-Idaho , chairman of the subcommittee that will consider the nomination , is a longtime friend .
And Sen. Michael Crapo , R-Idaho , chairman of the subcommittee that first will take up the nomination , is a longtime friend of Kempthorne 's .
Poland has finished assembling a 9,200-strong multinational stabilisation force it will command in central and southern Iraq , Defence Minister Jerzy Szmajdzinski said on Wednesday .