Opening Statements

Rep. Edward R. Royce, Chairman
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Chairman Royce’s Opening Statement:

Witnesses

Chairman Royce Questions Witnesses:

Mr. Elliott Abrams
Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies
Council on Foreign Relations
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Jonathan Schanzer, Ph.D.
Vice President for Research
Foundation for the Defense of Democracies
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Mr. David Makovsky
Ziegler Distinguished Fellow
Director
Project on the Middle East Peace Process
Irwin Levy Family Program on the U.S.-Israel Strategic Relationship
The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
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