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GOP Debate: Bachmann Calls Perry 'Highly Naive' Over Position on U.S. Aid to Pakistan

Pakistan is the "epicenter of dealing with terrorism."

Minnesota congresswoman Michele Bachmann and Texas Gov. Rick Perry clashed during Tuesday night's foreign policy debate over whether the United States should continue to provide more than $1 billion in aid to Pakistan.

“Pakistan has been the epicenter of dealing with terrorism,” Bachmann stated. She qualified that the country also "shares intelligence data with us regarding al-Qaeda” for a price.

Perry blasted, “if you are not an ally of the United States, do not expect a dime of our money to come in.”

Watch the two contenders spar over aid to Pakistan:

 

Bachmann, meanwhile, called Perry "highly naive" for his position on cutting U.S. aid to Pakistan, calling the country "too nuclear to fail." Watch below:

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