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Ted Poe: I will just make one more comment on the speech. The Ambassador says: ``Pakistan talks one policy, but walks the…

On the recordJune 23, 2017
I will just make one more comment on the speech. The Ambassador says: ``Pakistan talks one policy, but walks the other.'' I will continue. The World Muhajir Congress has written a letter to the United States Congress. Who are these folks? Well, they represent the views and interests of the Muhajirs. They are decendents of Muslims who migrated from India to Pakistan at the time of the partition of India in 1947. {time} 1215 They write a letter, and the title of their letter is: ``World Muhajir Congress request U.S. Congress to cut off military aid to Pakistan.'' They go into detail talking about the terrorist activity of the Government of Pakistan, and not only in Pakistan, but in borders across the world. They ``request Trump administration and the U.S. Congress to cut off military aid to Pakistan. Pakistan army and intelligence agency ISI is mainly using this military aid''--American military aid--``to kill innocent Muhajirs, Baloch, and Pashtoons. The double game of Pakistan's security establishment with U.S. administration must come to an end, which has put lives of U.S. and NATO soldiers in danger in Afghanistan.'' Mr. Speaker, I include in the Record the letter.…
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Ted Poe
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Jun 23, 2017

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