February 8, 2007

Contact: Lynne Weil, 202-225-5021

ADVISORY

A hearing of the Committee on Foreign Affairs:

DATE: Thursday, February 15, 2007

TIME: 10:00 a.m.

SUBJECT: Afghanistan on the Brink: Where Do We Go From Here?

LOCATION: Room 2172 of the Rayburn House Office Building

WITNESSES:

Panel I

The Honorable Mark Steven Kirk

Member of Congress

Panel II

Lieutenant General David Barno, USA, Retired

Director, Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies

Mr. Peter Bergen

Journalist and Senior Fellow, New America Foundation

Mr. Anthony H. Cordesman

Arleigh A. Burke Chair, Center for Strategic and International Studies