Opening Statements

Chairman Smith’s Opening Statement:

Witnesses

Panel I

The Honorable Robert P. Jackson
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary
Bureau of African Affairs
U.S. Department of State
[full text of statement]

The Honorable Nancy Lindborg
Assistant Administrator
Bureau for Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance
U.S. Agency for International Development
[full text of statement]

Panel II

Ms. Kelly Dempsey
General Counsel and Director of Advocacy and Outreach
Both Ends Burning
[full text of statement]
[truth in testimony form]

Shimwaayi Muntemba, Ph.D.
Founder
Zambia Orphans of AIDS
[full text of statement]
[truth in testimony form]

Mrs. Jovana Jones
Adoptive mother of a Congolese child
[full text of statement]
[truth in testimony form]

Ms. Muluemebet Chekol Hunegnaw
Senior Director
Monitoring & Evaluation and Knowledge Management Program Quality and Impact Department
International Programs
Save the Children
[no statement submitted]
[truth in testimony form]
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Hearing transcript (PDF)