[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 58 (Thursday, May 5, 2005)]
[House]
[Pages H2982-H2983]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            JOINT EFFORT WITH PAKISTAN WINNING WAR ON TERROR

  (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.''

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  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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