Responding To Iran’s Nuclear Ambitions: Next Steps HEARING before the COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS UNITED STATES SENATE ONE HUNDRED NINTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION Tuesday, September 19, 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 R. Nicholas Burns    Under Secretary for Political Affairs    Department of State    Washington, DC    Panel 2 Dr. Ray Takeyh    Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies    Council on Foreign Relations    Washington, DC The Honorable Ashton B. Carter    Co-Director    Preventive Defense Project    Belfer Center for Science & International Affairs    Harvard University    Cambridge, MA The Honorable Martin S. Indyk    Director    Saban Center for Middle East Policy    The Brookings Institution    Washington, DC   Witness names in blue are links to the statement given. Statements are only posted if provided electronically by witness.