JOINT EFFORT WITH PAKISTAN WINNING WAR ON TERROR -- (House of Representatives - May 05, 2005)
(Mr. PENCE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
Mr. PENCE. Mr. Speaker, as we were reminded with a thudding explosion on the streets of New York City at 3 a.m. this morning, we are a Nation at war. And so it is with particular pleasure that I rise to extol the arrest of Abu Farraj al-Libbi by Pakistani authorities yesterday in Pakistan. The capture of the third-ranking operative in al Qaeda is a momentous and significant event in the war on terror.
The President said, ``His arrest removes a dangerous enemy who was a direct threat to America and a critical victory in the war on terror.''
Stephen Hadley, the national security adviser, said he was not only doing operations, but was also into finance and administration; and he calls it a ``real accomplishment.''
As I learned when I visited Pakistan last December, and let us be clear on this point, while Pakistani authorities are to be commended for the third-ranking member of al Qaeda, let us make sure that we know as Americans it was a cooperation with American forces and American intelligence personnel on the ground in Pakistan that made that possible. A joint effort with Pakistan is winning the war on terror.
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