Nominations HEARING before the COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS UNITED STATES SENATE ONE HUNDRED NINTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION Tuesday, March 15, 2005 Time: 9:30 AM Immediately Following The 9:30 A.M. Hearing Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building Presiding: Senator Lugar Senator Lugar's Opening Statement   Nominees: Joseph R. DeTrani    For the rank of Ambassador during his tenure    as Special Envoy for the Six-Party Talks John Thomas Schieffer    To be Ambassador to Japan      To be Introduced by:      The Honorable Kay Bailey Hutchison      United States Senate Howard J. Krongard    To be Inspector General, Department of State Christopher R. Hill    To be Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian      and Pacific Affairs   Witness names in blue are links to the statement given. Statements are only posted if provided electronically by witness.