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Why Are We Still Sending Aid to Pakistan? Meet The Lobbyists Paid to Defend The Money

Why Are We Still Sending Aid to Pakistan? Meet The Lobbyists Paid to Defend The MoneyWASHINGTON (AP) — Within hours of the stunning announcement that Osama bin Laden had been killed by U.S. commandos, a lobbying firm representing Pakistan’s government began contacting members of Congress and their staffs to counter claims Islamabad protected the al-Qaida chief for nearly six years.

The push by Locke Lord Strategies to turn the tide against criticism of Pakistan — and preserve the country’s billions of dollars in U.S. aid — illustrates one of Washington’s enduring realities: No matter the issue or the crisis, lobbyists are working behind the scenes to shape opinions on Capitol Hill.

At stake is the continued flow of U.S. economic aid and military support to Pakistan, America’s iffy partner in the fight against terrorism and religious extremism. Congress is not expected to shut off the nearly $3 billion in assistance planned for 2012. Despite deep misgivings, the U.S. does not want to allow Pakistan to become unstable and risk having its nuclear arsenal fall into the hands of Islamic radicals.

But bin Laden’s nearly six-year stay at a compound in a military garrison town outside Pakistan‘s capital has left Locke Lord’s lobbying team with plenty of explaining to do.

The relationship between the two countries was badly strained even before a team of Navy SEALs stormed bin Laden’s home Monday, local time. His body was buried at sea just hours later. Republicans and Democrats are angry that bin Laden found a safe harbor in Pakistan and want a painstaking review of how the money that goes there is spent.

CIA Director Leon Panetta stoked emotions on Capitol Hill earlier this week, telling lawmakers during a closed-door briefing: “Pakistan was involved or incompetent.”

Since 2002, Pakistan has received more than $20 billion from the U.S., making the country one of the largest U.S. aid recipients, according to the Congressional Research Service. Nearly $9 billion of that has been in the form of reimbursements for Pakistan’s costs to support the U.S.-led military campaign in Afghanistan.

Mark Siegel, a Locke Lord partner, would not identify which congressional offices he and the other five lobbyists working the Pakistan account are calling and visiting. Records filed with Congress and the Justice Department show Locke Lord has represented Pakistan since May 2008 and has been paid just over $2.7 million. Pakistan is the firm’s biggest client.

Siegel is a former assistant to the president in the Carter White House and was chief of staff to Rep. Steve Israel, D-N.Y., from 2001 to 2004. Other Locke Lord lobbyists working the Pakistan account also have congressional experience. Phil Rivers is a former chief of staff to Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., a Senate Appropriations Committee member. Brian Heindl was a top aide to Sen. Herb Kohl, D-Wis., also a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee.

In an interview, Siegel said there is no evidence that President Asif Ali Zardari‘s civilian government knew of bin Laden’s whereabouts. Cutting aid and military support to Pakistan would only weaken the relationship between Washington and Islamabad, leaving Pakistan less able to combat terrorism, he said.

Siegel acknowledged there were “security lapses” within Pakistan’s military and intelligence service that allowed bin Laden to go undetected for so long in the town of Abbottabad, just a few dozen miles from Islamabad.

Those failures are being investigated at “the very, very highest level” of Zardari’s government, Siegel said. “Hopefully, if there were procedural gaps, errors of judgment, errors of process, that’s going to be taken care of in these investigations.”

President Barack Obama’s national security adviser, Tom Donilon, said bin Laden had a support network in Abbottabad. But the U.S. has not seen evidence that the Zardari government knew about that, he said.

Donilon, echoing comments by other administration officials, said the Pakistanis need to demonstrate persuasively their commitment to cooperating with the U.S. “We need to work with them to investigate what’s happened, and how Osama bin Laden came to this place as his home for the last — for the last six years,” Donilon told CNN’s “State of the Union.”

Skeptical lawmakers in key posts will have to be convinced as well.

Rep. Kay Granger, R-Texas, chairwoman of the House Appropriations subcommittee that controls the foreign operations budget, has proposed suspending direct government-to-government assistance to Pakistan.

“My opposition to the program has only been heightened by the discovery of the most notorious terrorist in the world living hundreds of yards from a Pakistani military installation for more than five years,” Granger wrote in a letter to Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. “This reinforces my greater concern that the government may be incapable of distributing U.S. funds in a transparent manner that allows proper oversight of taxpayer dollars.”

Granger’s spokesman, Matt Leffingwell, said Locke Lord representatives have not met with the congresswoman or her staff.

Rep. Howard Berman of California, the senior Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said in a letter to Clinton and Defense Secretary Robert Gates that he has “deep and ongoing concerns regarding the impact of U.S. security assistance to Pakistan — concerns that have been exacerbated by the discovery of Osama bin Laden’s lair in Abbottabad.”

Berman’s spokeswoman, Gabby Adler, said it “is our policy to not discuss the private meetings Mr. Berman and members of our staff take.”

Pakistan has supporters, however. Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, underscored the complexity of the relationship during a committee hearing. More senior al-Qaida operatives have been caught or killed in Pakistan than in any other country, Kerry said, and keeping thousands of U.S. troops in Afghanistan “depends on an enormous supply train that requires the daily cooperation of the Pakistani state.”

But Kerry also expressed the views of many in Washington seeking answers, saying: “What did Pakistani’s military and intelligence services know and when did they know it? Who did they think was living behind those 15-foot walls?”

Frederick Jones, Kerry’s spokesman, said a member of the committee staff met Thursday with a Locke Lord representative, but said the meeting had no bearing on Kerry’s statements.

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  • flyboy213
    Posted on May 9, 2011 at 9:12am

    They should not receive another dime ! The are Terriost, Like G Bush says You are with us or aginst us !!!!

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  • sissykatz
    Posted on May 9, 2011 at 9:07am

    I have a solution…. Bring our people home from Afhanistan and they want “need” anything from Pakistan…..
    We will never be able to get those fools to stop fighting and killing, they have been doing it since the beginning of time. I agreed to the US going in and fighting terrorists and finding Bin Laden but I did not know we were going to try to set up new governments and train their people. It is past time for our Soldiers to come home. Our threats now are more on the Border. Start Drilling here and leave the Middle East to kill one another.We will save the monies we are paying these countries and what we are paying for the war, I do not believe Lobbyist should even exist. That is just buying off the politicians. Making lobbies wealthy on “Borrowed” money..

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    • the_ancient
      Posted on May 9, 2011 at 9:18am

      Lobbyist, like Earmarks, are not the problem,

      The NRA “Lobby’s” so does GOA, Heritage, CATO, etc etc etc…

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  • Hiswill
    Posted on May 9, 2011 at 9:07am

    They hate us, but love our $$$$$. We are fools in their eyes and they are laughing all the way to the bank.

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  • miles from nowhere
    Posted on May 9, 2011 at 9:03am

    He was in Pakistans back yard, we no longer can give money to a back stabbing bunch of rats.

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  • rukiddinme59
    Posted on May 9, 2011 at 9:00am

    Wow you guy shave it all figured out don’t you? Do one of you even know a Pakistani? I do. They’ll tell you straight up that they are tickled that OBL is dead. 90% of them are glad he’s gone. It’s the ruling elites and ultra-rich in Pakistan that are the problem. Like it or not Pakistan is going to remain a problem for a long time. They have the bomb you idjits ! Yeah, let’s cut off all aid and send them all into massive riots. That‘d fix it wouldn’t it? Yeah let’s be a bunch of stupid cowboys and make that much easier for the extremists in that country to get their hands on the nukes. Brilliant!

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    • the_ancient
      Posted on May 9, 2011 at 9:16am

      New Flash for you, WE ARE BROKE…

      It is not soley a matter of this betrayal on a massive level, I support cutting ALL foreign aid until there is ZERO budget deficit, things like that should only be allowed we the government has soooooo much money is has nothing else to spend it on, (with the exception of Massive World wide natural disasters like the Tsunami or Earthquake but even then Charities are far more effective)

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  • jblovesAmerica
    Posted on May 9, 2011 at 8:59am

    Picket their homes-the kids schools-etc.
    these are true-mercenaries.
    expose them-

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  • Airgun
    Posted on May 9, 2011 at 8:56am

    I’m pretty fed up with the notion that we send money to help prevent unrest that may cause the local jihadis to get agitated; there is no amount of money that will pacify the festering hatred of all things western, and what seems to be the norm is that the countries we send aid $ to are increasingly becoming more hostile to the US- not less.
    This is like the executive decision not to release the official death photos of UBL because they might piss off the radicals.
    147 consecutive days of Abu Gharaib photos on the front page of the NYTimes are a far better recruiting tool than the image of the LEAST possible outcome of waging jihaad against the US.
    Cut off the funds, and tell them in no uncertain terms that the launch of a nuke by Pakistan will result in their immediate vaporization.

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  • GulfPeg
    Posted on May 9, 2011 at 8:52am

    It’s about time we start funding a lobbyist for “The People” in Washington D.C. Everybody else has a lobbyist! Even the illegals have theirs. This is the only way we are going to be able to stop drowning. Everybody else is getting what they want. Our elected officials are no good to us. So, instead of giving towards their campaigns, why don’t we spend the money on a lobbyst.

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    • Airgun
      Posted on May 9, 2011 at 8:59am

      UM, we do.
      They are called senators and representatives……at least that’s supposed to be the idea anyhow….

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    • GulfPeg
      Posted on May 9, 2011 at 9:17am

      I said “our elected officials”, meaning senators and representatives, do us no good. We need MORE. We need lobbyists besides.

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  • jesussaved
    Posted on May 9, 2011 at 8:45am

    there is no point in blaming Pakistan for all the billions of dollars, they’ve been receiving in aid. the fault lies with the US Presidents, all past and present. they have been given them enough rope, despite of their proven jihadist ties with the Taliban and the Al Qaeda, despite of them developing a nuke from the tech they got from the Chinese and then going on to sell these nuke tech to the N. Koreans, Iranian and so on. US has been pumping in dollars in this failed state, hoping to buy their loyalty and buying them some sort of stability. this would have gone on for decades more, had their duplicity not been exposed the way it was this past week.

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  • justice
    Posted on May 9, 2011 at 8:42am

    All Attorneys? I am sick of our hard earned money going to Foreign Countries who hate us. If they get the Money and We are threatened with Nukes. Well guess what we just bought our own FATE. I am sick of Politicians who listen to this crap. 2012 will be a Great Watch. And I will be keeping an eye out on thses need to be replaced old Senators. The Young Guns need to keep up the word NO!

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  • heavyduty
    Posted on May 9, 2011 at 8:22am

    Kill a lobbyist and save a billion or two. Sure seems worth it to me. Just don’t stop with the Pakistani lobbyists, I mean all lobbyists. Who knows what that could save us.

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  • Outlaw_Josey_Wales
    Posted on May 9, 2011 at 8:11am

    Time to cut out the middleman, and have Pakistan borrow money directly from China.

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  • Darla_K
    Posted on May 9, 2011 at 8:07am

    Wouldn’t it be nice to have that money back so we could pay some bills here at home?

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  • Freedom1984
    Posted on May 9, 2011 at 8:07am

    Bo and his friends probably want ISLAMIST RADIACALS (now did he actually say RADICAL ????) to do more damage.

    I thought there were ONLY peaceful muslims??? hmmmm seems like another “flip-flop” coming soon straight your way!

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  • CanDan
    Posted on May 9, 2011 at 8:04am

    America’s Worst Ally
    Posted by Ryan Mauro on May 6th, 2011 and filed under Daily Mailer, FrontPage
    http://frontpagemag.com/2011/05/06/americas-worst-ally/

    After receiving $20 billion in U.S. aid over the past decade, Pakistan is unmistakably America’s worst “ally,” having committed the ultimate betrayal: Hiding Osama Bin Laden. Now, Pakistan is angrily protesting the raid that killed him, refusing to give access to 11 of those arrested in his compound and is supporting terrorists likely to try to avenge his death. Pakistan is not an ally worth defending as President Obama did in his address to the country; it is an enemy worth punishing.

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  • BlackAce41
    Posted on May 9, 2011 at 8:00am

    They should be self sustaining them selves and have to get their heads out of the clouds

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  • dadsrootbeer
    Posted on May 9, 2011 at 8:00am

    Just another example of our president saying one thing and doing the exact opposite. He campaigned on eliminating lobbyists and not only didn’t he do it but it has skyrocketed. GM, GE and many other companies have at least doubled their spending on lobbyists. Just another example of the typcial outright lies and hypocracy from the progressive liberal democratic party.

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  • olddog
    Posted on May 9, 2011 at 7:57am

    I’m with Ron Paul, cut out the foreign aide..Where do all of you get the idea you have to pay people to get them to like you? Well if that’s your way of thinking you probably to have to tie a porkchop around your neck to get the dog to play with you, but don’t use my porkchop!!!

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  • CanDan
    Posted on May 9, 2011 at 7:54am

    Terry Jones is a Hero

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  • CanDan
    Posted on May 9, 2011 at 7:52am

    Islamists have a vast cadre of experts, talking heads, and for-purchase politicians who keep endlessly broadcasting the false mantra that Islam is religion of peace.

    This latter bunch is criminally complicit in making the populace complacent and furthering the work of the Islamists

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  • olddog
    Posted on May 9, 2011 at 7:51am

    PLEASE, use just a Little Common sence. We have to borrow the money sent to Pakistan. BORROW.

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    • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
      Posted on May 9, 2011 at 8:17am

      You hit the major problem right on the head; those going to DC seem to have their common sense leech out of them soon after arrival.

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    • HorseCrazy
      Posted on May 9, 2011 at 1:12pm

      exactly. its bizzaro world now everything backwards! funding terror against our own country with borrowed money. makes NO sense

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  • bread and circuses
    Posted on May 9, 2011 at 7:41am

    As long as obama is prez the pakis will keep getting the billions

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  • NC
    Posted on May 9, 2011 at 7:41am

    Pakistan is much like many in the US receiving entitlements.

    We want and need your money but don’t ask us to do anything in return.

    Ron Paul / the Libertarians certainly have a standing in cutting all foreign aid, but the word “all” has me concerned.

    NC

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    • the_ancient
      Posted on May 9, 2011 at 9:06am

      We you cant put food on your own table, you dont give money to others.

      Until we can take care of our own debt and people we CANT help the world

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  • NickDeringer
    Posted on May 9, 2011 at 7:39am

    Let’s not go “Ron Paul” on this. Let’s review the aide in committee and then decide how to proceed. If it wasn’t for our “iffy” partnership with Pakistan, we would not have been able to nab Bin Laden. We could never have flown choppers into an enemy country like Iran to do an operation like the one in Pakistan.

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    • bread and circuses
      Posted on May 9, 2011 at 7:47am

      One of your braincells is on strike and the other one is carrying the sign !
      One nuke is cheaper than the billions in “aid” or even one U.S. life

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    • Cemoto78
      Posted on May 9, 2011 at 7:58am

      If we’re so worried about the nukes falling in the wrong hands than those countries who are closer to Pakistan than us should really worry. When are they going to pony up some money? This is all bull being used by the media and political hacks to continue the blood money to Pakistan. How much of a cut do you think these lobbyists, politicians, and others get of these funds before it gets to Pakistan? When Pakistan gets the money what do you REALLY think they are using it for? Sure doesn’t look like they are using the money to help their people. America can no longer afford to play the “worlds policeman”, let China do it as they have all the money now.

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    • LibertariansUnite
      Posted on May 9, 2011 at 8:11am

      Yeah, let us not go “Ron Paul” on this when he has been saying for years to cut off foreign aid to EVERYONE.

      Especially considering our foreign aid is simply fiat money which is becoming more and more worthless.

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    • DIOS BENDIGA AMERICA ... JESUCRISTO ES EL SEÑOR!
      Posted on May 9, 2011 at 8:29am

      Let’s put a CHOKE hold on every radical just like our Men Folk finally did on the airliners over the weekend. You do harm to the USA, we don’t give you money. Simple stuff really…

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    • the_ancient
      Posted on May 9, 2011 at 9:05am

      Ummm looks like we would have gotten in 5 years ago if our “friends” would have not hidden him.

      Until we stop kidding ourselves about who the enemy is, and yes Pakistan is the ENEMY, then we are doomed to fail.

      Here is a Simple Test. If the government is Isamic in nature it is a Enemy of the USA in the war on terror, Period, no doubt about it.

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    • walkwithme1966
      Posted on May 9, 2011 at 11:11am

      We can’t really cut this funding because it is a payoff so that we can bring out supplies etc into Afghanistan thru Pakistan – it is the only way we have to get equipment, and everything else into Afghanistan. But – if we end this awful war, then we should certainly stop this money especially if we find out that bin Laden had a Pakistan life line of some type – especially from the government.
      http://wp.me/pYLB7-Xe

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    • Robert-CA
      Posted on May 9, 2011 at 12:51pm

      I would say let’s cut everything & bring the heroes back home .
      We don’t want to loose anymore lives & $$$$$$$$$$$$ .

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  • grandmaof5
    Posted on May 9, 2011 at 7:38am

    Until Pakistan has an attitude adjustment, they shouldn’t get one penny more. They need to lose the self-rightous attitude and clean up the mess they have, apparently under their noses.

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    • Obama Bin Lying
      Posted on May 9, 2011 at 7:45am

      I can only wonder who the lobyists are, Muslim Brotherhood, CAIR The Ground Zero Mosque consortium?

      Haven’t we had anough of Islam and their whinning?

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    • Cemoto78
      Posted on May 9, 2011 at 7:51am

      I agree. Cut off all money to any of these countries, such as Pakistan, who continue to breed and foster hate for America. When is America going to understand you can’t buy love. As far as these blood money lobbyists, seems the only ones who don’t have a lobbyist working for our best interest is the American people. Lobbyists are just another form of paid mercenaries.

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    • BIGJAYINPA
      Posted on May 9, 2011 at 7:55am

      The one phrase that has me confused is”We don’t want the government to become unstable or the nuclear weapons to fall into the wrong hands” I contend that both conditions already exist and we are once again pouring treasure we don’t have down a rathole. If the Pakis become a threat the Indians will take them out, after all they are closer and have more to fear. It has been a long time since anyone has actually seen a nuke go off. Many people threaten, many people have fear. Maybe it is time for an object lesson in reality…Just sayin’

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    • grandmaof5
      Posted on May 9, 2011 at 8:03am

      And another thought would be: Discontinue paying your lobbyists and you will have some extra pocket change to clean up the mess under your noses.

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    • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
      Posted on May 9, 2011 at 8:05am

      Grandmaof5, morning, the funds to Pakistan should be cut off for good, and the various lobby groups done away with. The fact that their spin meisters were already at work within a handful or less of hours to ensure the funding would continue is a disgrace and a dishonor to those engaged in such mercenary workings.

      Hope all is well this morning and the kitties are fine. Going to be a hot one today again and our own central air in the apartment complex is going wacky again. We are praying ti does not go out again.

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    • BlazingInSC
      Posted on May 9, 2011 at 8:06am

      ALL funding of US aid to Pakistan must stop now. There should be NO ultimatum for reinstatement of funds – it simply should not be happening – period! Our tax dollars could be better spent (or saved) within our own borders. Cease all US foreign aid!

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    • PA PATRIOT
      Posted on May 9, 2011 at 8:11am

      Grandma
      What could you do with a COOL 2.7 M paid to you in just 3 years. Pakistan is the firms’s
      (Locke Lord) biggest client. Must have come full circle, US paid the $ to Pakistan, Pakistan paid it to Locke Lord. Interesting….

      From their website “Each member of our team has extensive political and public policy experience, and we are able to provide clients with unparalleled access at the highest levels of Congress and the Executive Branch, including federal departments and regulatory agencies.”
      http://www.lockelord.com/about/offices/Office.aspx?office=5

      Rep. Kay Granger, R-Texas, has it right!
      “Granger wrote in a letter to Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. “This reinforces my greater concern that the government may be incapable of distributing U.S. funds in a transparent manner that allows proper oversight of taxpayer dollars.”
      Where has she been?
      Why have these words not been heard before this?

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    • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
      Posted on May 9, 2011 at 8:12am

      @Grandmaof5,

      These lobbyists who insist on working for foreign nations should just move to there and become the citizens of those lands; then they could be dealt with as the foreign mercenaries they actually have become.

      By the way, I do not know if you have seen my latest gallery works from last week, they are called, IN THE GARDEN 2, DANCER 04, and Elder Rose.

      Just click on the link of my screen name if you are interested. Would love to have your oppinion of them.

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    • GeorgieJo
      Posted on May 9, 2011 at 8:18am

      Grandma–
      I agree Cut off ALL money to Pakistan and HEY build a BORDER fence right here in ther great USA

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    • GODSAMERICA
      Posted on May 9, 2011 at 8:39am

      According to Kerry: “More senior al-Qaida operatives have been caught or killed in Pakistan than in any other country, Kerry said, and keeping thousands of U.S. troops in Afghanistan “depends on an enormous supply train that requires the daily cooperation of the Pakistani state.”
      STOP the money going to Pakistan!!! If it is because of the “thousands of US troops” over there, then no need to keep the money going there since obama is taking the troops out of Afghanistan. We do not need the “daily cooperation of the pakistani state!!!

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    • jblovesAmerica
      Posted on May 9, 2011 at 8:46am

      Pakistan is fine-maggots sucking up the blood of American taxpayer.
      Lets name names at the ad agency-with addresses-lets expose the true mother of all maggots.er
      these folks need to be de;orted to where ev

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    • John 3:16
      Posted on May 9, 2011 at 8:59am

      Pakistan should get zero US dollars. We need to pull all our funds (tax dollars) out of the middle east and everywhere except maybe Israel and back to the US and re-pay china and other debtors. Let’s use the money to secure our borders and build more and better Regan star wars technology.

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    • John 3:16
      Posted on May 9, 2011 at 9:01am

      Send these slezzy lobbists to Pakistan not our tax dollars.

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    • Sevens
      Posted on May 9, 2011 at 9:06am

      When our congress and leadership take more interest in the “special interests” they “forget” the true interests of “WE THE PEOPLE”… Get rid of these lobbyists.. If you want to make a difference then encourage the “lobbyists” to go away and stop electing men / woman of nefarious characters!!!!
      Problem or Comment.. sevenators7@gmail.com

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    • PA PATRIOT
      Posted on May 9, 2011 at 9:13am

      Locke Lord OUTED

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    • jackrorabbit
      Posted on May 9, 2011 at 9:38am

      If they didn’t have nukes, we wouldn’t even be discussing this. So, we have two choices, one, pay the “ransom” to keep the army on our side and the nukes secure, or go in and do a massive snatch and grab of their nukes. The other option is do nothing, and hope that Pakistan will stay on our side. I hate paying money to a corrupt country, but the options are just not good.

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    • leftcoastslut
      Posted on May 9, 2011 at 9:53am

      if you google Locke Lord, go down to stratiges the following names appear

      Harriet Miers – lobbyist to pakistan… she was special council to Pres. Bush, and she briefed him on Aug 6, 2001 regarding terriosts plot. a little over a month later the twin towers come down… she took a position in the white house Feb 2005 thru Jan 31, 2007 as trusted and loyal advisor and council…when she left the white house she went back to work for Locke Lord, group of attornies…she was nominated for supreme court judge, by bush on 10/3/05… she withdrew her nomination on 10/27/05 (she would of replaced sandra day o’connor)

      other names on list are, Psychemedics Corp…Knight Inc – Kinder Morgan… Mark Siegel – Langston Emerson – Shane Doucet – Phillip Rivers…. David Distefano – Humana Inc & Reynolds American Inc.

      what doesw this mean, where is the connection.

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    • proudinfidel54
      Posted on May 9, 2011 at 10:00am

      Wake Up Call Mr. Siegel, Pakistans fight against terror can not be hurt when it is virtually non-existent now….these same Congressmen that won’t cut the aid to Pakistan will probably go home and cut off their kids allowance over a C…lol

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    • mossbrain
      Posted on May 9, 2011 at 10:47am

      I agree with jackrorabbit, since pak has nukes we have to be carefull.

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    • CultureWarriors
      Posted on May 9, 2011 at 5:21pm

      Frankly don’t believe the BS about what good the money is doing. It’s not doing any good because we are too soft on what we demand as return on the investment. They were giving the world’s most wanted man safe heaven. That is unacceptable. What needs to happen is the money stop immediately. Then we tell them they need to prove that they will cooperate. Until the top 100 most wanted terrorists residing in Pakistan are turned over there will be no more money. Period. That means the top 100 not 99. They need to understand if they are to receive support there will be results. I guarantee they would cooperate. That money mean a lot to them and it needs to be used as leverage instead of politically correct BS.

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    • DisposableWorker
      Posted on May 10, 2011 at 12:37am

      Indira Gandhi tried to warn us about getting involved with these guys.

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    • Dale
      Posted on May 10, 2011 at 11:56am

      PA PATRIOT;
      “Where has she [HRC] been?”
      ———————————
      Being a bit snarky, waiting for that 3:00 (am) phone call.

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