Rep. John F. Tierney, D-Mass., Holds a News Teleconference On His Trip to Pakistan
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Rep. John F. Tierney, D-Mass., Holds a News Teleconference On His Trip to Pakistan
REP. JOHN F. TIERNEY, D-MASS., HOLDS A NEWS TELECONFERENCE ON HIS TRIP TO PAKISTAN
NOVEMBER 13, 2009SPEAKER: REP. JOHN F. TIERNEY, D-MASS.[*] TIERNEY: Hello?STAFF: Hi, Chairman. It's Catherine (ph) on the phone with a few of our friends from the media, and I know they're interested in hearing a little bit about your travels.TIERNEY: Well, thank you. And I'm sorry. I guess we're a little late, and I apologize for that, but the timing over here isn't always the way we want it to go, and I appreciate everybody staying on.This is, I think as everybody knows from previous conversations, a continuation of our oversight responsibilities that we've been dealing with. This is one of several trips that we've taken here, particularly, I think, useful and meaningful, hopefully, in the context of the Kerry-Lugar bill that's passed and the $1.5 billion for the next five years that are projected to be coming into Pakistan for expenditures on development and development-related projects.We thought it was particularly important...See the full content of this document
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