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Briefings and Hearings

FREEDOM DENIED: BELARUS ON THE EVE OF THE ELECTION

March 9, 2006 - 138 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Official Transcript:

Witnesses:

Name	Title	Affiliation
Hon. Sam Brownback	Chairman	Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
Hon. Christopher H. Smith	Co-Chairman	Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
Hon. Benjamin Cardin	Ranking Member	Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
Hon. David Kramer	Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs	Department of State
Iryna Vidanava	Editor-in-Chief	Students' Thought
Stephen Nix	Regional Program Director, Eurasia	International Republican Institute
Patrick Merloe	Director of Programs on Election Processes	National Democratic Institute
Rodger Potocki	Senior Program Officer for East Central Europe	National Endownment for Democracy
Celeste Wallander	Director and Senior Fellow, Russia and Eurasia Program	Center for Strategic and International Studies