dr. coll is our next witness. part to join the defense department, he was a senior fellow at the center for a new american security and served as coordinator for the obama campaign direct policy expert crew. in 2005-two dozen 6 he was a council of foreign relations fellow. he received his ph.d. in political science from columbia university and his ba from university of michigan. last but not least is christopher crowley who serves as the deputy administrative assistant for the middle east. prior to this assignment, he was usaid mission director in iraq. he joined usaid in 1971 as an assistant. development adviser in vietnam and has served as a regional mission for central asia and director of the program office in india, deputy mission director in egypt. in 1994, he became the first mission director for the west bank in gaza. he holds a bachelor of science degree in physical sciences from the ohio state university, a master's degree in international relations from the university of pennsylvania, and a master's deg