Opening Statements

Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Chairman
Subcommittee on the MIddle East and North Africa
[full text of opening statement]

Witnesses

Matthew Levitt, Ph.D.
Director and Senior Fellow
Stein Program on Counterterrorism and Intelligence
The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
[full text of statement]
[truth in testimony form]

Mr. Michael A. Braun
Co-Founder and Managing Partner
Spectre Group International, LLC
(Former Chief of Operations, Drug Enforcement Administration)
[full text of statement]
[truth in testimony form]

Mr. Eric Farnsworth
Vice President
Council of the Americas and Americas Society
[full text of statement]
[truth in testimony form]
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Hearing transcript (PDF)