<h3>Witnesses</h3> Mr. Behnam Ben Taleblu Research Fellow Foundation for Defense of DemocraciesKimberly Kagan, Ph.D. President Institute for the Study of WarMr. Michael Pregent Senior Fellow Hudson InstituteThe Honorable Barbara Leaf Rosenblatt Distinguished Visiting Fellow The Washington Institute for Near East Policy

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 Mr. Behnam Ben Taleblu 
Research Fellow 
Foundation for Defense of Democracies
Kimberly Kagan, Ph.D. 
President 
Institute for the Study of War
Mr. Michael Pregent 
Senior Fellow 
Hudson Institute
The Honorable Barbara Leaf 
Rosenblatt Distinguished Visiting Fellow 
The Washington Institute for Near East Policy

Countering Iranian Proxies in Iraq

The House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs (known as the Committee on International Relations from 1995 until 2007) traces its origins to November 29, 1775, when the Continental Congress created a committee, by resolution "for the sole purposes of corresponding with our friends of Great Britain, Ireland, and other parts of the world." Chosen for this Committee were Benjamin Franklin—who served as chairman and guiding spirit—Benjamin Harrison, Thomas Johnson, Jr., John Dickinson, and John Jay. Originally known as the Committee of Correspondence, then as the Committee of Secret Correspondence, it was the first institution created to represent the United States in the foreign affairs field. The House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs (as well as the Senate Foreign Relations Committee) is a lineal descendant of the Committee of Correspondence. Under Benjamin Franklin's leadership, the Committee quickly entered into communication with various persons in Europe for the purpose of ascertaining sentiment there toward the Colonies and obtaining any other information which might be useful in the struggle with England, even designating its own secret agents abroad.

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Mr. Behnam Ben Taleblu, Kimberly Kagan, Mr. Michael Pregent, The Honorable Barbara Leaf

Countering Iranian Proxies in Iraq

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