TOWARD A COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGY FOR SUDAN HEARING before the COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS UNITED STATES SENATE ONE HUNDRED ELEVENTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION Thursday, July 30, 2009 Time: 10:00 A.M. Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building Presiding: Senator Kerry Senator Kerry's Opening Statement Senator Lugar's Opening Statement     Witnesses:     Panel 1: Major General Scott Gration, USAF (Ret.)    Special Envoy to Sudan    Department of State    Washington, DC Earl Gast    Acting Assistant Administrator for Africa    U.S. Agency for International Development    Washington, DC     Panel 2: The Honorable David Shinn    Adjunct Professor    Elliott School of International Affairs   The George Washington University    Washington, DC Mohammed Ahmed Eisa, M.D.    Physician    2007 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights    Award Laureate    Sudan Organization for Rights and Peace-Building    Washington, D.C Susan Page    Regional Director    Southern and East Africa Programs    National Democratic Institute   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.