tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com - 30 days ago
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Hillary Criticizes Pakistan On Terrorism Fight
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton criticized Pakistan's performance in fighting terrorists, telling a group of Pakistani journalists that she thought it was "hard to believe that nobody in your government knows where they are and couldn't get ...
tnr.com - 30 days ago
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tnr.com —
This is pretty great. Secretary of State Hillary
Rodham Clinton expressed doubt Thursday over Pakistan's failure to...
locate top al-Qaeda leaders in the eight years since they escaped over the border from Afghanistan, telling a group of Pakistani ...
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Hillary Gets Tough; Will it Work?
abcnews.go.com - 10/29/2009
google.com - 10/29/2009
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(AP) 3 hours ago LAHORE, Pakistan U.S. Secretary
of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Thursday that Pakistan...
had little choice but to take a more aggressive approach, starting last summer, to combatting Taliban and other extremist forces that ...
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The Associated Press: Clinton, Pakistani students in ...
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... Hillary is not to happy with Pakistan's counterterrorism efforts, telling Pakistani reporters that it's "hard to believe that nobody in your government knows where they are and couldn't get them if they really wanted to." That and the day's other political news in the TPMDC Morning Roundup. ...
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mudvillegazette.com 10/12/2009 —
Talking point: al-Qaeda is in Pakistan . And we spend $30 in Afghanistan for every dollar in Pakistan.
That's from Fareed Zakaria's Washington Post piece , but I've heard it parroted on the TeeVee News several times today - along with the statement - delivered straight-faced - that ...
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tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com 10/14/2009 — Hillary Clinton Calls For Political Freedom In Russia
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton spoke at Moscow STate University, calling for human rights and political freedom in Russia. "In an innovative society, people must be free to take unpopular ...
The real thing
pajamasmedia.com 10/1/2009 — One reason why President Obama may be reluctant to give General McChrystal more troops is that it would force the differences with Pakistan into the open. Islamabad has been trying, for some time, to run America’s war for its own benefit. An ...
The Washington Post's Bizarre Editorial on the Taliban
democracyarsenal.org 10/15/2009 — I'm really starting to wonder about the folks who write foreign policy editorials for the Washington Post. Consider this passage today about why the US can't quit the fight in Afghanistan:
For years the United States has been trying to persuade ...
The McChrystal letter
pajamasmedia.com 10/11/2009 — The Wall Street Journal says Secretary Gates has passed on a request for more men for the Afghan campaign from General McChrystal. Gates had attempted to delay the formal transmission, but mounting public interest in the issue made it pointless to ...
Pakistan Notebook -- By: Clifford D. May
article.nationalreview.com 10/15/2009 — Islamabad -- I picked an interesting moment to visit Pakistan: four terrorist attacks in less than a week. The first was at the World Food Programme office here in the capital: five killed. The second was in the Khyber Bazaar in Peshawar: more than ...
US kills 4 in strike on Haqqani Network in North Waziristan
longwarjournal.org 10/14/2009 —
Click to view slide show of the Haqqani Network. Pictured is a composite image of Siraj Haqqani.
The US killed four extremists in an airstrike in Pakistan's lawless, Taliban-controlled tribal agency of North Waziristan.
The ...
Pakistan Presses Its Battle Into Taliban Stronghold
themoderatevoice.com 10/17/2009 — Pakistan is pressing its military battle against Taliban forces that seek to destabilize its government — and the region — into Taliban strongholds. in recent recent weeks, Taliban forces have staged a series of stunning attacks and now the Pakistan government seems to be saying in ...
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