The Greater Middle East Initiative: Sea Island and Beyond HEARING before the COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS UNITED STATES SENATE ONE HUNDRED EIGHTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION Wednesday, June 2, 2004 Time: 9:30 AM Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building 216 Hart Senate Office Building Presiding: Senator Lugar Senator Lugar's Opening Statement Senator Biden's Opening Statement Witnesses:     Panel 1 The Honorable Alan P. Larson    Under Secretary for Economic, Business      and Agricultural Affairs    Department of State    Washington, DC    Panel 2 His Excellency Prince El Hassan bin Talal      of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan    Royal Palace    Amman, Jordan    Panel 3 Dr. Patrick M. Cronin    Senior Vice President and Director of Studies    Center for Strategic and International Studies    Washington, DC Dr. Alan R. Richards    Professor of Economics and Environmental Studies    University of California, Santa Cruz    Santa Cruz, CA   Witness names in blue are links to the statement given. Statements are only posted if provided electronically by witness.