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Biden Threatens Aid to Pakistan
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ABC News' Brian Wheeler reports: Sen. Joseph Biden, D-DE., told New Hampshire Public Radio today that he had spoken to Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf on Monday morning, and that he told Musharraf U.S. aid to Pakistan would be threatened if elections planned for January were not free and fair.
"For the United States of America to continue to be willing to support Pakistan the way we have in the past, it rests on this transition to democracy being real. And if this election is not fair and open then there will be consequences in terms of our participation and aid," Biden said he told Musharraf.
Biden, who is chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and a Democratic presidential candidate, also chastised the Bush administration, saying "they have a Musharraf policy, they don't have a Pakistani policy."
In a subsequent statement released by his Senate office, Biden reiterated both his criticism of President Bush and his threat to President Musharraf: "Immediately following the imposition of the State of Emergency, the Bush Administration placed all U.S. aid to Pakistan under review. That review apparently came up empty: the Administration has lobbied hard against placing any conditions of aid that has exceeded $10 billion since 9/11. As I told President Musharraf, it is unlikely that Congress will be similarly inactive."
On Saturday, President Musharraf called an end to the State of Emergency that he imposed on Nov. 3. Elections are currently scheduled for Jan. 8.
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Why are giving any foreign aid to dictators, and other counties while at the same time borrowing money from China to pay for the war? Why wasn't this question asked in any of the debates?
Posted by: Greg | Dec 18, 2007 1:26:28 AM
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