Panel I The Honorable Michael E. Hess Assistant Administrator Bureau for Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance U.S. Agency for International Development The Honorable Stephen D. Mull Acting Assistant Secretary Bureau of Political-Military Affairs U.S. Department of State Ms. Theresa M. Whelan Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Africa Office of the Secretary of Defense U.S. Department of Defense Panel II Mr. Kurt Shillinger Research Fellow Security and Terrorism in Africa South African Institute of International Affairs Wafula Okumu, Ph.D. Director, African Security Analysis Programme Institute for Security Studies, South Africa J. Peter Pham, Ph.D. Director Nelson Institute for International & Public Affairs James Madison University