Honorable Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
United States Representative, Florida, Republican
Representative Ros-Lehtinen, of the Eighteenth District of Florida, was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1989. She chairs the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. The following is excerpted from the February 9-10, 2011, House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing “Recent Developments in Egypt and Lebanon: Implications for Broader U.S. Policy in the Middle East.” Recent developments in Egypt and Lebanon pose great challenges to U.S. policy, interests, and allies in the Middle East. In Lebanon, we have witnessed the takeover of the country by the Iran–Syria–-Hezbollah [Shi’a Muslim militant group and political party] axis. In Egypt, we see…
