Lebanon: Securing a Permanent Cease-Fire HEARING before the COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS UNITED STATES SENATE ONE HUNDRED NINTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION Wednesday, September 13, 2006 Time: 9:30 AM Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building Presiding: Senator Lugar Senator Lugar's Opening Statement   Witnesses:     Panel 1 The Honorable C. David Welch    Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs    Department of State    Washington, DC    Panel 2 The Honorable Carlos Pascual    Vice President and Director of Foreign Policy Studies    Brookings Institution    Washington, DC Paul Salem    Director-Designate    Carnegie Middle East Center    Beirut, Lebanon Augustus Richard Norton    Professor of International Relations and Anthropology    Boston University    Boston, MA   Witness names in blue are links to the statement given. Statements are only posted if provided electronically by witness.