Benefits for U.S. Victims of International Terrorism HEARING before the COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS UNITED STATES SENATE ONE HUNDRED EIGHTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION Thursday, July 17, 2003 Time: 9:30 AM Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building Presiding: Senator Lugar Senator Lugar's Opening Statement   Witnesses:     Panel 1 William H. Taft, IV    The Legal Adviser    Department of State    Washington, DC    Panel 2 Mr. Stuart E. Eizenstat    Partner    Covington & Burling    Washington, DC Dr. Allan Gerson    Chairman    Gerson International Law Group, & Honors Professor    George Washington University    Washington, DC   Witness names in blue are links to the statement given. Statements are only posted if provided electronically by witness.