Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

Monday, November 19, 2007
Defense and Security

Iran: Realities, Options, and Consequences Series

Hearing Parts 1, 2 and 3


“Part 1 – Iranian People and Attitudes.”


Witness Testimonies:




    Dr. Kenneth Katzman. Specialist in Middle Eastern Affair; Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division; Congressional Research Service



“Part 2 – Negotiating with the Iranians: Missed Opportunities and Paths Forward,”

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Witness Testimonies:




    Flynt Leverett. Senior Fellow and Director, Geopolitics of Energy Initiative, New America Foundation


    Suzanne Maloney. Senior Fellow, Saban Center for Middle East Policy, Brookings Institute



“Part 3 – Regional and Global Consequences of U.S. Military Action in Iran.”

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Witness Testimonies:


    Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson, USA Former chief of staff and senior advisor to Secretary of State Colin Powell, special assistant to the Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, and director of the U.S. Marine Corps War College.


    Paul Pillar, Ph.D. Former National Intelligence Officer for the Near East and South Asia from 2000 to 2005 and deputy director of the CIA Counterterrorism Center.

    Ilan Berman. Vice President, Policy, American Foreign Policy Council

    Lt. General Paul K. Van Riper, USMC Former Commanding General of the U.S. Marine Corps Combat Development Command, first President of the Marine Corps University, and Commanding General of the 2nd Marine Division.