Title

The Forgotten: Iraqi Allies Failed by the U.S.

Wednesday, June 11, 2008
318 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
United States
Official Transcript: 
PDF icon The_Forgotten_Iraqi_Allies_Failed_by_the_US_Transcript.pdf
Members: 
Name: 
Hon. Alcee Hastings
Title Text: 
Chairman
Body: 
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
Statement: 
PDF icon Hastings Statement.pdf
Name: 
Hon. Ben Cardin
Title Text: 
Co-Chairman
Body: 
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
Statement: 
PDF icon Cardin Statement.pdf
Witnesses: 
Name: 
Mr. Kirk Johnson
Title: 
Founder and Executive Director
Body: 
"The List Project"
Statement: 
PDF icon Johnson Testimony.pdf
Name: 
Mr. Christopher Nugent
Title: 
Senior Counsel
Body: 
Holland & Knight, LLP
Statement: 
PDF icon Nugent Testimony.pdf
Name: 
"Ibrahim"
Title: 
An Iraqi Citizen
Statement: 
PDF icon Iraqi Testimony.pdf

The briefing focused on the efforts of "The List: Project to Resettle Iraqi Allies," a non-profit organization that helps resettle Iraqis who are at particular risk for having worked for the United States government and American organizations. It also examined the need for the United States to significantly increase its efforts to resettle these vulnerable Iraqi allies.

Witnesses testifying at the briefing – including Kirk Johnson, Founder and Executive Director of The List Project; Christopher Nugent, Senior Counsel of Holland & Knight LLP; and Ibrahim, an Iraqi Citizen – provided testimonies of their own experiences with the role of the United States in assisting Iraqi refugees to emphasize the steps that should be taken to improve the efforts being made

Relevant issues: 
Conflict Prevention/Rehabilitation
Relevant countries: 
United States of America
Leadership: 
Alcee Hastings
Ben Cardin
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