Opening Statements

Witnesses

Panel I

The Honorable Donald Y. Yamamoto
Acting Assistant Secretary of State
Bureau of African Affairs
U.S. Department of State
[full text of statement]

The Honorable Earl W. Gast
Assistant Administrator
Bureau for Africa
U.S. Agency for International Development
[full text of statement]

Panel II

Berhanu Nega, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Economics
Bucknell University
[full text of statement]
[truth in testimony form]

J. Peter Pham, Ph.D.
Director
Michael S. Ansari Africa Center
Atlantic Council
[full text of statement]
[truth in testimony form]

Mr. Obang Metho
Executive Director
Solidarity Movement for a New Ethiopia
[full text of statement]
[truth in testimony form]

Mr. Adotei Akwei
Managing Director for Government Relations
Amnesty International USA
[full text of statement]
[truth in testimony form]
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Hearing transcript (PDF)