Richard Holbrooke: “The words 'Kerry-Lugar' have become a symbol of American support for Pakistan in the emergency.”

We are in Afghanistan and Pakistan because of 9/11, because al-Qaeda and its allies are camped out in western Pakistan.

I share your astonishment that so little was done on this in the past, and I want to commend you and Senator Webb for continuing to push.

The reason we consider it one of, if not the, highest strategic priority of this administration is because they directly threaten us.

When we met with them, they told us that Punjabi military coming into a Pashtun area are as alien as it would be if they were NATO troops.