Safer Embassies in Unsafe Places HEARING before the COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS UNITED STATES SENATE ONE HUNDRED EIGHTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION Thursday, March 20, 2003 Time: 2:30 PM Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building 116 The Capitol Presiding: Senator Lugar Senator Lugar's Opening Statement   Witnesses:     Mr. Jess Ford    Director    International Affairs & Trade    U.S. General Accounting Office    Washington, D.C. Major General Charles E. Williams (Ret.)    Director    Overseas Buildings Operations    Department of State    Washington, D.C. The Honorable Francis X. Taylor    Assistant Secretary for Diplomatic Security    Department of State    Washington, D.C.   Witness names in blue are links to the statement given. Statements are only posted if provided electronically by witness.