The Commission for Africa: Recommendations for a Coherent Strategy for Africa HEARING before the COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS UNITED STATES SENATE ONE HUNDRED NINTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION Tuesday, May 17, 2005 Time: 9:30 AM Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building Presiding: Senator Lugar Senator Lugar's Opening Statement   Witnesses: The Honorable Nancy Kassebaum-Baker    Commissioner, Commission for Africa and Former      U.S. Senator    Washington, DC Mr. Tidjane Thiam    Commissioner, Commission for Africa and Director      Group Strategy & Development    Aviva    London, UK Ms. Nancy Birdsall    President    Center for Global Development    Washington, DC   Witness names in blue are links to the statement given. Statements are only posted if provided electronically by witness.