POMED Notes: Hearing on Afghanistan

On Thursday, the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations held a hearing entitled, “Afghanistan: A Plan to Turn the Tide?”

In Panel I, Ambassador Richard A. Boucher, Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs, U.S. Department of State and Ambassador David T. Johnson, Assistant Secretary, International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, U.S. Department of State testified at the hearing. The second panel’s witnesses were comprised of General James L. Jones, Jr., USMC (Ret.), Former Commander, European Command and Supreme Allied Commander Europe, Thomas Pickering, Former Under Secretary for Political Affairs, U.S. Department of State, and Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, Former U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations. Committee Chairman Senator Joseph R. Biden presided over the hearing.

For full POMED notes on the hearing, click here.