Political Quotes

“I rise to commend the Senate Appropriations Committee, under the leadership of Chairman Leahy and Ranking Member Graham, on a decision we made yesterday as a full committee with regard to U.S. assistance to Pakistan. In short, what the Senate did was to remove nearly all the guarantees of assistance funding to the Pakistani Government, based on new information and statements made by senior U.S. Government officials on the Pakistani Government and its intelligence service's--called the ISI--support for an organization called the Haqqani network, one of the most dangerous terrorist organizations on Earth. We have learned from statements by our U.S. Ambassador in Kabul, U.S. Ambassador in Islamabad, Secretary of State, Secretary of Defense, and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff that the Haqqani network has become the principle threat to the Afghan Government, to U.S. troops serving in Afghanistan, and to our NATO allies. We have seen the U.S. Embassy in Kabul and NATO Headquarters were attacked on September 12. At least 16 people were killed, including 5 Afghan police officers and 11 civilians, in an attack organized and put together by the Haqqani network under the direct protection and support of Pakistan's Government itself. Just a few days earlier, at Combat Post Sayed Abad in Wardak Province, on September 10, over 77 U.S.…”