Posts Tagged ‘Foreign Relations Committee’
US “Trainers” and Funds for the War in Pakistan
In executing the Obama administration's plan to expand the war in Afghanistan across international borders to Pakistan (hence "Af/Pak" war), two major bureaucratic shifts are being worked out: In pursuit of a comprehensive ("all government") approach to the war, much of the traditional responsibility for diplomacy, and military and economic [...]
Pakistan “More Pressing Threat than Iran” — Ehud Barak
Also, the New York Times spins Adm. Mullen's testimony in a piece, on Pakistan's nuclear weapons, that borders on yellow journalism. According to the Jerusalem Post of 14 May 2009, Israel's Deputy Prime Minister, Defence Minister, and leader of the Labour Party, Ehud Barak, asserted in a recent briefing to the Knesset Foreign Affairs and [...]
Transcript of Ron Paul – Holbrooke Interchange
Pak Alert Press reports on a US Senate Foreign Relations Committee Hearing on US Strategy toward Pakistan, held on 12 May 2009, where there was a candid interchange between Congressman Ron Paul and Ambassador Richard Holbrooke . A transcript of the interchange, available on You Tube, is provided below. (more...)
