AFP,  Washington, April 6, 2010 – The US Senate Armed Services Committee will question top US military and diplomatic officials at an April 14 hearing on policy towards Iran and its suspect nuclear program, the panel said Tuesday.
US Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Michele Flournoy; Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs William Burns; General James Cartwright, the vice chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff; and the head of the Defense Intelligence Agency, Lieutenant Ronald Burgess, will testify.
Andrew Gibb, national intelligence officer for weapons of mass destruction, will join the witnesses in a session closed to the public, the committee said in a statement.
The hearing comes amid growing frustration in the US Congress with diplomatic efforts to convince Iran to freeze sensitive nuclear work that can be a key step on the road to developing atomic weapons.
Tehran denies that it seeks a nuclear arsenal and has refused to freeze its uranium enrichment activities.