[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 71 (Monday, May 23, 2011)]
[House]
[Page H3322]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                           PEACE FOR PAKISTAN

  (Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, as we begin this week and look 
to the memorializing of our fallen soldiers, it is appropriate to 
always thank them and to be reminded of the historic actions that 
brought down Osama bin Laden, but the country where this incident 
occurred is a country that deserves peace for its people.
  Pakistan has had another incident of the Taliban going on one of the 
bases and killing soldiers. Our sympathy to the loss of the innocent, 
but we call upon the Pakistani military and the civilian government to 
begin to address the terror of the Taliban and to work to help the 
Pakistani people.
  As the Kerry-Lugar money is being assessed as to how it is to be 
distributed for social needs, there must be an addressing of this 
violence, and so I call upon our friends in Pakistan to recognize that 
we in the United States are friends, but we must work together to 
eliminate al Qaeda and the terror that is terrorizing the people of 
Pakistan.
  Once and for all, there must be a unified effort to establish peace 
and tranquility and democracy in Pakistan for the people of Pakistan.

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