African Organizations and Institutions: Cross-Continental Progress HEARING before the COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS UNITED STATES SENATE ONE HUNDRED NINTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION Thursday, November 17, 2005 Time: 2:30 PM Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building Presiding: Senator Martinez     Witnesses:     Panel 1 The Honorable Jendayi E. Frazer    Assistant Secretary for African Affairs    Department of State    Washington, DC The Honorable Lloyd O. Pierson    Assistant Administrator for Africa    U.S. Agency for International Development    Washington, DC    Panel 2 Victoria K. Holt    Senior Associate    The Henry L. Stimson Center    Washington, DC Jennifer G. Cooke    Co-Director    Africa Program    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.