SYRIA: OPTIONS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR LEBANON AND THE REGION HEARING before the COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS UNITED STATES SENATE ONE HUNDRED TENTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION Thursday, November 8, 2007 Time: 2:30 PM Place: 419 The Dirksen Senate Office Building Presiding: Senator Kerry   Senator Lugar's Opening Statement       Witnesses:     Panel 1: The Honorable C. David Welch    Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs    Department of State    Washington, DC     Panel 2: Mr. Robert Malley    Middle East and North Africa Program Director    International Crisis Group    Washington, DC Dr. David W. Lesch    Professor of Middle East History    Trinity University    San Antonio, TX Mr. Emile el-Hokayem    Research Fellow, Southwest Asia/Gulf Program    The Henry L. Stimson Center    Washington, DC ... Additional witnesses may be added   Witness names in blue are links to the statement given. Statements are only posted if provided electronically by witness.