Opening Statements

Chairman Ros-Lehtinen’s Opening Statement:

Chairman Ros-Lehtinen Questions Witness:

Witnesses

Panel I

Mr. Charles Michael Johnson, Jr.
Director, International Security and Counterterrorism Issues
International Affairs & Trade Team
U.S. Government Accountability Office
[full text of statement]

Panel II

Mr. Charles Dunne
Director, Middle East and North Africa Programs
Freedom House
[full text of statement]
[truth in testimony form]

Mr. Sam LaHood
(Former Egypt Country Director, International Republican Institute)
[full text of statement]
[truth in testimony form]

Mr. Patrick Butler
Vice President, Programs
International Center for Journalists
[full text of statement]
[truth in testimony form]

Ms. Lila Jaafar
Senior Program Manager
National Democratic Institute
[full text of statement]
[truth in testimony form]
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Hearing transcript (PDF)