Subcommittee Hearing: Human Rights Vetting: Nigeria and Beyond
Webcast
Opening Statements
Chairman Smith’s Opening Statement:
Witnesses
Colonel Peter Aubrey, USA, Retired
President
Strategic Opportunities International
[full text of statement]
[truth in testimony form]
Ms. Lauren Ploch Blanchard
Specialist in African Affairs
Congressional Research Service
[full text of statement]
Ms. Elisa Massimino
President and Chief Executive Officer
Human Rights First
[full text of statement]
[truth in testimony form]
Mr. Stephen Rickard
Director
Washington Office
Open Society Foundations
[full text of statement]
[truth in testimony form]
Ms. Sarah Margon
Washington Director
Human Rights Watch
[full text of statement]
[truth in testimony form]
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