Well, thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. And I join you in welcoming a very special friend, Mr. Tony Blair, to our committee.
Many of us believe that one thing that should be done is to take the Federally Administered Tribal Areas and incorporate them into the full ...
I think that's a big step forward toward the kind of national unity that's wanted.
The Pakistani people supported that deal very strongly; something like 74 percent of the population, in a poll taken by the IRI, the Interna...
Your bill provides more funds in one bill than the United States has spent in that area since 9/11.
There is not a very distinct image of what anyone does with the $1.5 billion in any particular year.
Although the money sounds like a lot, it isn't; it isn't, in my view, as much as the problem needs.
Please get back to us with the plan, because that will be important.
I'm also pleased that Senators Kerry and Lugar have reintroduced and updated legislation to strengthen Pakistan's civilian government.
Is the proposed policy sufficiently considering the--what I like to call the ``balloon effect'' of ``whatever happens in Afghanistan affects...
I do find it similar to what I'm saying about the supplemental. We are asking you to tell us what you're going to do with this money after w...
We're not looking for perfection. You're not going to find any in our policies in this part of the world.
The needs there are enormous, and the history of United States relations with Pakistan has emphasized the wrong kinds of assistance.
Well, thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. I join you, welcoming President Carter, and, likewise, your very thoughtful comments about his lead...
The United States has an intense strategic interest in Pakistan and the surrounding region.
Another military coup, another military takeover, another military intervention would be very much against the interests of the United State...
Before we throw up our hands and assume that Pakistan is, 'falling apart,' let's recognize that, with a lot of encouragement from their frie...
I thought it was a pathetic amount of money, given the importance of this area.
