The Role of Non-Governmental Organizations in the Development of Democracy HEARING before the COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS UNITED STATES SENATE ONE HUNDRED NINTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION Thursday, June 8, 2006 Time: 9:30 AM Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building Presiding: Senator Lugar Senator Lugar's Opening Statement Senator Biden's Opening Statement Witnesses:     Panel 1 The Honorable Barry F. Lowenkron    Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights      and Labor    Department of State    Washington, DC    Panel 2 Mr. Carl Gershman    President    National Endowment for Democracy    Washington, DC The Honorable Mark Palmer    Vice-Chairman    Freedom House    Washington, DC Dr. Morton H. Halperin    Director of U.S. Advocacy    Open Society Institute    Executive Director    Open Society Policy Center    Washington, DC Mr. Thomas Carothers    Senior Associate and Director of the Democracy      and Rule of Law Project    Carnegie Endowment for International Peace    Washington, DC   Witness names in blue are links to the statement given. Statements are only posted if provided electronically by witness.