NOMINATION HEARING before the COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS UNITED STATES SENATE ONE HUNDRED EIGHTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION Wednesday, September 22, 2004 Time: 2:30 PM 2:00 PM Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building Presiding: Senator Alexander Nominee: Mr. Lloyd O. Pierson    To be Assistant Administrator for Africa,    U.S. Agency for International Development    and Member of the Board of Directors of the    African Development Foundation      To be introduced by:      Edward R. Royce      Chairman      Africa Subcommittee      Committee on International Affairs      U.S. House of Representatives   Witness names in blue are links to the statement given. Statements are only posted if provided electronically by witness.