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                 STATE,   FOREIGN OPERATIONS, AND RELATED
                   PROGRAMS APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL
                   YEAR 2018


                                   TUESDAY,  MAY  9, 2017

                                                      U.S. SENATE,
                      SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS,
                                                          Washington, DC.
                   The subcommittee met at 2:30 p.m., in room SD-192, Dirksen
                 Senate Office Building, Hon. Lindsey Graham (chairman) pre-
                 siding.
                   Present: Senators Graham, Moran, Boozman, Daines, Leahy,
                 Durbin, Shaheen, Coons, Murphy and Van Hollen.
                         UNITED  STATES  DEMOCRACY ASSISTANCE
                 STATEMENTS OF:
                    HON. MADELEINE ALBRIGHT, CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD, THE NA-
                    TIONAL  DEMOCRATIC  INSTITUTE
                    HON. STEPHEN HADLEY, CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD, THE UNITED
                    STATES  INSTITUTE OF PEACE
                    HON. VIN WEBER, CO-VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD, THE NA-
                    TIONAL  ENDOWMENT  FOR DEMOCRACY
                    HON. JAMES KOLBE, VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD, THE INTER-
                    NATIONAL  REPUBLICAN  INSTITUTE
                 TESTIMONY FROM DEMOCRACY  PROGRAM  BENEFICIARIES
                 OUTSIDE WITNESS  TESTIMONY  SUBMITTED SUBSEQUENT  TO  THE
                     HEARING
                        OPENING STATEMENT OF SENATOR LINDSEY GRAHAM
                   Senator GRAHAM. Thank you all. The subcommittee will come to
                 order. Today, our hearing is on United States Democracy Assist-
                 ance. I would like to welcome our witnesses who deserve long,
                 glowing introductions-but you're not going to get one because we
                 got to get on one with the hearing.
                   We've got Madeleine Albright, Chairman of the Board of the Na-
                 tional Democratic Institute and former Secretary of State. Wel-
                 come, Ms. Albright.
                   James Kolbe, Vice-Chairman of the Board of the International
                 Republican Institute. Jim, welcome.
                   Vin Weber, Co-Vice Chairman of the Board of the National En-
                 dowment for Democracy, all around good guy, Republican type.
                   Stephen Hadley, Chairman of the Board of the United States In-
                 stitute of Peace. You are going to be in business for a long time.
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