Iran: Reality, Options, and Consequences. Part 2 – Negotiating with the Iranians: Missed Opportunities and Paths Forward.

The Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs held its second hearing on Iran entitled, “Iran: Reality, Options, and Consequences. Part 2 – Negotiating with the Iranians: Missed Opportunities and Paths Forward,” on Wednesday, November 7, 2007.

Witness List:

Ambassador James Dobbins. Ambassador Dobbins was the Bush Administration’s first Special Envoy for Afghanistan, and the Bush administration’s representative to the Afghan opposition in the wake of September 11, 2001, where he was extensively involved in talks with Iran concerning Afghanistan. Ambassador Dobbins has extensive diplomatic and negotiating experience, including having served as Special U.S. Envoy to Somalia, Haiti, Bosnia, and Kosovo. He has also served as Ambassador to the European Community. He is currently the Director of the International Security and Defense Policy Center at the RAND Corporation.

Hillary Mann Leverett. Mrs. Leverett directly participated in negotiations with Iran on behalf of the U.S. government from 2001-2003. Shortly after 9/11, she was tapped to serve as the Iran expert on the National Security Council. She was a career foreign service officer, including at the U.S. Mission to the United Nations. She is currently Principal and CEO of Strategic Energy and Global Analysis, LLC.

Flynt Leverett. Dr. Leverett has served as Senior Director of Middle East affairs at the National Security Council (March 2002-March 2003); Middle East expert on the Secretary of State’s Policy Planning Staff; and Senior Analyst at the Central Intelligence Agency, focusing on the Middle East, for nine years. He is currently a Senior Fellow and Director of the Geopolitics of Energy Initiative at the New America Foundation.

Lawrence J. Haas. Mr. Haas serves as the Vice President of the Committee on the Present Danger. He is also a public affairs consultant in private practice.

Suzanne Maloney. Dr. Maloney has served as Policy Planning Staff Member at the U.S. Department of State (2005-2007); Project Director on the Independent Task Force on U.S.-Iran Relations on the Council on Foreign Relations (2003-2004); and Middle East Advisor to ExxonMobil (2001-2004). She is currently a Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution.