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policy analyst for the past 40 years and great ex per test in the areas of nonproliferation and counterproliferation and regimes attempting to acquire nuclear technology. hird, we welcome mr. ollie heinonen. senior fellow at the harvard kennedy school of government. prior to this position he served for 27 years at the international atomic energy agency, including deputy director general. he led the agency's efforts to identify and dismantle nuclear proliferation networks including overseeing efforts to contain iran's nuclear program. he has led nuclear program investigations around the world including to south africa, iraq, north korea and syria. welcome. last, but not least, we welcome mr. david albright founder and president of the nonprofit institute for science and international security. mr. albright has written numerous assessments on nuclear programs throughout the world. your statements in full will be made part of the record and feel free to summarize them. we will start with you, mr. ambassador. >> thank you, chairman. members of the joint subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to tes