Iraq's Transition The Way Ahead (Part I) HEARING before the COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS UNITED STATES SENATE ONE HUNDRED EIGHTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION Tuesday, May 18, 2004 Time: 9:30 AM Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building 106 Dirksen Senate Office Building Presiding: Senator Lugar Senator Lugar's Opening Statement Senator Biden's Opening Statement Witnesses: The Honorable Paul Wolfowitz    Deputy Secretary of Defense    Department of Defense    The Pentagon    Washington, DC The Honorable Richard L. Armitage    Deputy Secretary of State    Department of State    Washington, DC Lieutenant General Walter L. Sharp    Director, Strategic Plans & Policy    Joint Chiefs of Staff    Department of Defense    Washington, DC   Witness names in blue are links to the statement given. Statements are only posted if provided electronically by witness.