Project on Middle East Democracy

Project on Middle East Democracy
The POMED Wire


POMED NOTES: Hearing on US - Pakistan Relations

January 18th, 2008 by Kent

On Wednesday, the Subcommittee on Middle East and South Asia of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs held a hearing on the future of Pakistan after the assassination of Benazir Bhutto last month. The hearing focused on how the United States should handle relations with the country in the midst of the political turmoil over the February parliamentary elections.

C. Christine Fair, Ph.D of RAND Corporation, Ashley J. Tellis, Ph.D. of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and Lisa Curtis of The Heritage Foundation testified at the hearing. Subcommittee Chairman Rep. Gary Ackerman presided over the hearing.

 For full POMED notes on the hearing, click here.


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