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US to keep an eye on aid utilization: Hillary
WASHINGTON: The Obama administration would ensure that Pakistan did not divert US assistance into any channel other than what it was meant for, the secretary of state told a Senate sub-committee on Wednesday.
Hillary Clinton agreed with a legislators proposal that conditions be attached to the assistance provided to Pakistan and Afghanistan so that the money was used only for the purpose named in the bill concerned.
Senator Christopher Dodd, a Connecticut Democrat, referred to media speculations that Pakistan might use the US aid package to make nuclear weapons or to buy weapons to be used against India and asked Secretary Clinton to ensure that this did not happen.
None of our aid will affect the efforts by Pakistan regarding their nuclear stockpile, Mrs Clinton told the Appropriations Sub-committee on state and foreign operations.
The administration will 'use all means' to make sure that theres no diversion of money or any use of it other than what it is meant for, she assured the committee.
The United States, she said, would also like to see a reduction in India-Pakistan tensions and the resumption of the bilateral dialogue to give both a little more confidence in each other.
Secretary Clinton described as quite unprecedented the political support given to the military offensive in Swat, noting that both the ruling and opposition parties were backing the operation.
We have never seen anything like that before to some extent it is reassuring that the government and the opposition are united in their opposition to the threat posed by the terrorists.The Pakistanis, she said, were making a very significant effort and we are supporting that.
She agreed with Senator John Kerry, who chaired the hearing, that it was not an easy task. If this would be easy, we would not be sitting here we have to demonstrate Americas commitment to the people of Pakistan.
Senator Bob Corker, a Tennessee Republican, told her that he had proposed amendments to the bill seeking to triple US assistance to Pakistan, requiring the administration to report back whether it was meeting those objectives set by Congress.
We do need measurements of performance in every (sector) that we are interacting with the government the military, Mrs Clinton said.
She said the administration was working with the US intelligence and the Department of Defence, in coordination with the National Security Agency, to ensure that the intended results of US assistance to Pakistan were achieved.
DAWN.COM | World | US to keep an eye on aid utilization: Hillary
WASHINGTON: The Obama administration would ensure that Pakistan did not divert US assistance into any channel other than what it was meant for, the secretary of state told a Senate sub-committee on Wednesday.
Hillary Clinton agreed with a legislators proposal that conditions be attached to the assistance provided to Pakistan and Afghanistan so that the money was used only for the purpose named in the bill concerned.
Senator Christopher Dodd, a Connecticut Democrat, referred to media speculations that Pakistan might use the US aid package to make nuclear weapons or to buy weapons to be used against India and asked Secretary Clinton to ensure that this did not happen.
None of our aid will affect the efforts by Pakistan regarding their nuclear stockpile, Mrs Clinton told the Appropriations Sub-committee on state and foreign operations.
The administration will 'use all means' to make sure that theres no diversion of money or any use of it other than what it is meant for, she assured the committee.
The United States, she said, would also like to see a reduction in India-Pakistan tensions and the resumption of the bilateral dialogue to give both a little more confidence in each other.
Secretary Clinton described as quite unprecedented the political support given to the military offensive in Swat, noting that both the ruling and opposition parties were backing the operation.
We have never seen anything like that before to some extent it is reassuring that the government and the opposition are united in their opposition to the threat posed by the terrorists.The Pakistanis, she said, were making a very significant effort and we are supporting that.
She agreed with Senator John Kerry, who chaired the hearing, that it was not an easy task. If this would be easy, we would not be sitting here we have to demonstrate Americas commitment to the people of Pakistan.
Senator Bob Corker, a Tennessee Republican, told her that he had proposed amendments to the bill seeking to triple US assistance to Pakistan, requiring the administration to report back whether it was meeting those objectives set by Congress.
We do need measurements of performance in every (sector) that we are interacting with the government the military, Mrs Clinton said.
She said the administration was working with the US intelligence and the Department of Defence, in coordination with the National Security Agency, to ensure that the intended results of US assistance to Pakistan were achieved.
DAWN.COM | World | US to keep an eye on aid utilization: Hillary
......she is praising pakistan to DO MORE......the emphasis is on DO MORE & BETTER.
