The Arabist

The Arabist

By Issandr El Amrani and friends.

The US Congress is a bad joke

Are you kidding me — right-wingers and Israel lobbyists only to explain Egypt and Lebanon to Congress?!?

Washington, D.C.— The U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs on Wednesday and Thursday of this week will host a two-part full committee hearing entitled “Recent Developments in Egypt and Lebanon: Implications for U.S. Policy and Allies in the Broader Middle East.”

 

Part I

 

When: Wednesday, February 9, 2011

 

10:00 A.M. (Immediately following the 10:00 A.M. Organizational Meeting)

 

Where: 2170 Rayburn House Office Building

 

Who:

 

The Honorable Elliott Abrams

 

 

Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies

 

Council on Foreign Relations

  

The Honorable Lorne Craner,  

 

President

 

International Republican Institute (Former Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor)



Dr. Robert Satloff,  

 

Executive Director

 

The Washington Institute for Near East Policy