Improving Security in Iraq HEARING before the COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS UNITED STATES SENATE ONE HUNDRED NINTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION Monday, July 18, 2005 Time: 9:30 AM Place: 216 Hart Senate Office Building Presiding: Senator Lugar Senator Lugar's Opening Statement Senator Biden's Opening Statement Witnesses: Dr. Kenneth M. Pollack    Director of Research and Senior Fellow    Saban Center for Middle East Policy    The Brookings Institution    Washington, DC General Barry R. McCaffrey, USA (Ret.)    President    BR McCaffrey Associates, LLC    Arlington, VA Dr. Anthony H. Cordesman    Arleigh A. Burke Chair for Strategy    Center for Strategic and International Studies    Washington, DC   Witness names in blue are links to the statement given. Statements are only posted if provided electronically by witness.