Opening Statements

Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Chairman
Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa
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Witnesses

Kenneth M. Pollack, Ph.D.
Senior Fellow
Saban Center for Middle East Policy
The Brookings Institution
[full text of statement]
[truth in testimony form]

Ms. Jessica D. Lewis
Research Director
Institute for the Study of War
[full text of statement]
[truth in testimony form]

Michael Knights, Ph.D.
Lafer Fellow
The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
[full text of statement]
[truth in testimony form]

Daniel L. Byman, Ph.D.
Professor
Security Studies Program
Georgetown University
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[truth in testimony form]
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