Opening Statements

Chairman Smith’s opening statement:

Witnesses

Panel I

The Honorable Michele Thoren Bond
Assistant Secretary
Bureau of Consular Affairs
U.S. Department of State
[full text of statement]

Panel II

Mr. David Goldman
Co-Founder and Director
Bring Sean Home Foundation
(Father of Child Abducted to Brazil)
[full text of statement]
[truth in testimony form]

Captain Paul Toland, USN
Co-Founder and National Director
Bring Abducted Children Home
(Father of Child Abducted to Japan)
[full text of statement]
[truth in testimony form]

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Hearing transcript (PDF)