Subcommittee Hearing

The Broadcasting Board of Governors: Finding the Right Media for the Message in the Middle East

Date: Thursday, April 29, 2004 Time: 02:30 PM Location: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building Presiding: Senator John Sununu
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Member Statements

  1. Senator Joe Biden (Democratic - DE)

Witnesses

Panel I

  1. The Honorable Kenneth Y. Tomlinson
    Chairman
    Broadcasting Board of Governors
    Washington , DC
  2. The Honorable Norman J. Pattiz
    Governor
    Broadcasting Board of Governors
    Washington , DC
  3. Mouafac Harb
    News Director, AlHurra Middle East Television Network
    Broadcasting Board of Governors
    Washington , DC

Panel II

  1. Mr. Jess T. Ford
    Director, International Affairs and Trade
    US General Accounting Office
    Washington , DC
  2. Dr. Shibley Telhami
    Anwar Sadat Professor of Peace
    University of Maryland
    College Park , MD
  3. The Honorable William A. Rugh
    Associate, Institute for the Study of Diplomacy
    Georgetown University
    Washington , DC
  4. Dr. Edmund Ghareeb
    Adjunct Professor of Middle East History and Politics, School of International Service
    American University
    Washington , DC