AFGHANISTAN: A PLAN TO TURN THE TIDE? HEARING before the COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS UNITED STATES SENATE ONE HUNDRED TENTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION Thursday, January 31, 2008 Time: 9:30 AM Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building Presiding: Senator Biden   Senator Lugar's Opening Statement       Witnesses:     Panel 1: The Honorable Richard Boucher    Assistant Secretary    South and Central Asian Affairs    Department of State    Washington, DC The Honorable David T. Johnson    Assistant Secretary    International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs    Department of State    Washington, DC     Panel 2: General James L. Jones, Jr., USMC (Ret.)    Former Commander, European Command and    Supreme Allied Commander Europe    McLean, VA The Honorable Thomas Pickering    Former Under Secretary for Political Affairs    Department of State    Washington, DC The Honorable Richard Holbrooke    Former U.S. Permanent Representative    to the United Nations    New York, NY   Witness names in blue are links to the statement given. Statements are only posted if provided electronically by witness.