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Article: COALITION SUPPORT FUNDS TO PAKISTAN:JOHN F. TIERNEY
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- June 24, 2008
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Congressional Testimony
06-24-2008
Opening Statement of John F. Tierney Chairman Subcommittee on National
Security and Foreign Affairs Committee on House Oversight and Government
Reform Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs June 24, 2008
Good afternoon. This hearing continues our sustained oversight of U.S.
national security interests in Pakistan and our strategic interests in
the critical Afghanistan-Pakistan border region. Since 2007, our Subcommittee
has held six related hearings, and we have dispatched three separate Congressional
delegations to the region. The historic February 18, 2008, elections opened
a new chapter in Pakistani political history, and represent an historic
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