The Iraq Transition: Obstacles and Opportunities HEARING before the COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS UNITED STATES SENATE ONE HUNDRED EIGHTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION Thursday, April 22, 2004 Time: 9:30 AM Place: 106 Dirksen Senate Office Building Presiding: Senator Lugar Senator Lugar's Opening Statement Senator Biden's Opening Statement Witnesses: The Honorable Marc Grossman    Under Secretary for Political Affairs    Department of State    Washington, DC The Honorable Peter W. Rodman    Assistant Secretary of Defense for      International Security Affairs    Department of Defense    Washington, DC Lieutenant General Claude Kicklighter (Ret)    Transition Chief    Coalition Provisional Authority    Department of Defense    Washington, DC The Honorable Francis J. Ricciardone, Jr    Coordinator    Iraq Transition Team    Department of State    Washington, DC The Honorable Andrew S. Natsios    Administrator    United States Agency for International Development      (USAID)    Washington, DC   Witness names in blue are links to the statement given. Statements are only posted if provided electronically by witness.