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Biden Speaks to Bhutto Too

November 07, 2007 9:57 PM

ABC News' Brian Wheeler reports: Senate Foreign Relations Committee chair Joseph Biden (D-DE) will deliver Thursday what his campaign bills as a major policy speech, one which campaign sources tell ABC News will deal specifically with the issue of unrest in Pakistan.

Senator Biden will admonish President Bush for what he sees as the president's hands-off approach to dealing with Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf. According to the campaign, the Senator will say, "President Bush's first reaction was to call on President Musharraf to reverse course. Given the stakes, I thought it was important to actually call him - which is exactly what I did."

Senator Biden will also reveal that he has spoken to opposition leader Benazir Bhutto.

Biden has found himself with plenty to say on Pakistan in the last two weeks, again using his foreign policy gravitas to draw attention to his presidential campaign.

In a conversation with Musharraf on Tuesday, Biden said "how critical it is for relations between our two countries that elections go forward as planned in January, that he follow through on his commitment to take off his uniform and that he restore the rule of law to Pakistan," according to a statement released by his Senate office.

And here was Biden sounding prescient in the democratic presidential debate less than a week before Musharraf declared a state of emergency: "What is the greatest threat to the United States of America? 2.6 kilograms of highly enriched uranium in Tehran or an out-of-control Pakistan? It's not close."

Small wonder Biden highlights his foreign policy acumen on the trail. He sounds plugged in.

November 7, 2007 in Tancredo, Tom | Permalink | User Comments (0)

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