CONFRONTING DRUG TRAFFICKING IN WEST AFRICA HEARING before the COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS UNITED STATES SENATE ONE HUNDRED ELEVENTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION Tuesday, June 23, 2009 Time: 10:30 A.M. Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Building Presiding: Senator Feingold     Witnesses:     Panel 1: The Honorable Johnnie Carson    Assistant Secretary for African Affairs    Department of State    Washington, DC William Wechsler    Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for    Counternarcotics and Global Threats    Department of Defense    Washington, DC Thomas M. Harrigan    Chief of Operations    Drug Enforcement Administration    Washington, DC     Panel 2: Douglas Farah    Senior Fellow    International Assessment & Strategy Center    Takoma Park, MD Michael Braun    Managing Partner    Spectre Group International    Alexandria, Virginia Michael McGovern    Assistant Professor of Anthropology    Yale University    New Haven, CT   Hearing Titles in blue are links to video recording of hearing. Witness names in blue are links to the statement given. Statements are only posted if provided electronically by witness.