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Dana Rohrabacher: When I first came to Congress, I was perhaps Pakistan's best friend in Congress. At that time, of course, we were in the…

On the recordJune 20, 2014
When I first came to Congress, I was perhaps Pakistan's best friend in Congress. At that time, of course, we were in the middle of the cold war and the Pakistanis were on our side and India was on the side of the Russians. Today, the cold war is over and Pakistan has become the friend of our enemies, whether they are radical terrorists or whether it is Communist China. For us now to be borrowing money from China in order to give to Pakistan--because we are still going into debt $500 billion a year. We need to make sure. We have to borrow that money, much of which comes from China, then pass that on to Pakistan, who is basically supporting our enemies. They still have Dr. Afridi, the man who helped us finger Osama bin Laden, a hero who risked his life for us to bring justice to the man who slaughtered 3,000 Americans. For us to continue to give that government who holds Dr. Afridi in a dungeon, as we speak, is immoral and is stupid and is counterproductive. We should cut military assistance to Pakistan. The Acting CHAIR. The time of the gentleman has expired. {time} 0930
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Dana Rohrabacher
Republican · California
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Jun 20, 2014

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