Opening Statements

Chairman Poe’s Opening Statement:

Witnesses

Panel I

The Honorable Robert Ford
Senior Fellow
The Middle East Institute
(Former U.S. Ambassador to Syria)
[full text of statement]
[truth in testimony form]

Walid Phares, Ph.D.
Co-Secretary General
Transatlantic Parliamentary Group on Counterterrorism
[full text of statement]
[truth in testimony form]

Panel II

Ms. Maryam Rajavi
President-Elect
National Council of Resistance of Iran
(Appearing via teleconference)
[full text of statement]
[truth in testimony form]
____________________________

Hearing transcript (PDF)