Nominations HEARING before the COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS UNITED STATES SENATE ONE HUNDRED NINTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION Wednesday, July 27, 2005 Time: 9:30 AM Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building Presiding: Senator Lugar Senator Lugar's Opening Statement   Nominees: The Honorable William Robert Timken, Jr.    To be Ambassador to the Federal Republic      of Germany The Honorable William J. Burns    To be Ambassador to the Russian Federation The Honorable Richard Henry Jones    To be Ambassador to Israel The Honorable Francis Joseph Ricciardone, Jr.    To be Ambassador to the Arab Republic of Egypt   Witness names in blue are links to the statement given. Statements are only posted if provided electronically by witness.