Panel I The Honorable Donald Y. Yamamoto Acting Assistant Secretary of State Bureau of African Affairs U.S. Department of State The Honorable Earl W. Gast Assistant Administrator Bureau for Africa U.S. Agency for International Development Panel II Berhanu Nega, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Economics Bucknell University J. Peter Pham, Ph.D. Director Michael S. Ansari Africa Center Atlantic Council Mr. Obang Metho Executive Director Solidarity Movement for a New Ethiopia