Kerry's Middle East "seat setting for VP Biden", includes Ziad asali & WINEP ...

also from Politico/ here

"... Former U.S. Ambassador to Israel and Egypt Daniel Kurtzer, the American Task Force for Palestine's Ziad Asali, the Washington Institute for Near East Policy's David Makovsky, and the International Crisis Group's Rob Malley are slated to testify at the hearing, which will be held in Dirksen 419 from 10am.

Kerry, who spoke at the World Islamic Forum-Brookings Institution/Saban conference in Doha Qatar, traveled from February 27 to March 1 in Jordan, Israel and the PA. In Israel, he held meetings with Israeli President Shimon Peres, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Ehud Barak, and opposition leader and MK Tzipi Livni. In the PA, he met with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Saeb Erekat and Nabil abu Rudeineh, as well as Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, and in Jordan with King Abdullah II...."