Syria: U.S. Policy Directions HEARING before the COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS UNITED STATES SENATE ONE HUNDRED EIGHTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION Thursday, October 30, 2003 Time: 10:15 AM Place: 216 Hart Senate Office Building Presiding: Senator Lugar Senator Lugar's Opening Statement   Witnesses:     Panel 1 The Honorable William J. Burns    Assistant Secretary    Bureau for Near Eastern Affairs    Department of State    Washington, DC The Honorable J. Cofer Black    Coordinator    Office of the Coordinator for Counterrorism    Department of State    Washington, DC    Panel 2 The Honorable Richard Murphy    Senior Fellow for Middle East Policy    Council on Foreign Relations    Washington, DC Mr. Flynt L. Leverett    Visiting Fellow    Saban Center for Middle East Studies    Brookings Institution    Washington, DC Dr. Patrick Clawson    Deputy Director    Washington Institute for Near East Policy    Washington, DC Dr. Murhaf Jouejati    Adjunct Professor, George Washington University; and    Adjunct Scholar, Middle East Institute    Washington, DC   Witness names in blue are links to the statement given. Statements are only posted if provided electronically by witness.