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On the recordMay 10, 2011
Mr. Speaker, after years of funneling money to Pakistan, we still don't know whose side they are on in this war on terror. We have given Pakistan $12 billion in foreign aid since 2002. We have reimbursed them $9 billion for their military operations in the war on terror. It's time we freeze the foreign aid to Pakistan until we get some answers about their knowledge of bin Laden's whereabouts. We cannot continue to give Pakistan money in the hopes they will be our friend and ally. We did not trust them enough to give them advance notice of the bin Laden operation. We even had detailed plans to fight the Pakistanis if they interfered with the capture of bin Laden. Bin Laden was able to live in a mansion right under the nose of the Pakistan military academy for years, but government officials say they didn't know where bin Laden was. That statement defies the evidence, and that ``dog just won't hunt.'' And that's just the way it is. ____________________
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Ted Poe
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