Witnesses
Brigadier General James Bierman, USMC
Director of Middle East Division, Joint Staff J-5, Department of Defense
The Honorable Ryan Crocker
Former Ambassador to Iraq (2007-2009), Diplomat in Residence, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University
Dr. Marc Lynch
Professor of Political Science, The George Washington University
Mr. Joseph S. Pennington
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Iraq, Department of State, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs
Dr. Kenneth Pollack
Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute
Ms. Pamela Quanrud
Director, Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS, Department of State
Mr. Mark Swayne
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Stability and Humanitarian Affairs, Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations/Low Intensity Conflict