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Kerry and Hagel Unveil Atlantic Council's Pakistan Report
February 25, 2009
On Wednesday, February 25, Senator John Kerry and former Senator and Atlantic Council Chairman Chuck Hagel unveiled Needed: A Comprehensive U.S. Policy Towards Pakistan, the report of the Atlantic Council's Pakistan Task Force, at the Senate Foreign Relations Committee room. Kerry and Hagel both served as co-chairs of the Task Force. Media coverage of the report and its presentation to Congress is compiled below.
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Newswires:
- Experts say Pakistan is on trajectory to failure – AP, Barry Schweid
- Afghanistan, Pakistan declare new trust in U.S. talks – Reuters, Paul Eckert
- Pakistan Needs Billions in Security Aid, U.S. Policy Leaders Say – Global Security Newswire, Diane Barnes
Articles:
- Fighting the Taliban by Creating Jobs – The Washington Note, Caroline Esser
- Chaos Theory: How Pakistan was cast as a failed state – Columbia Journalism Review, Madiha R. Tahir
- Islamist terrorists pushing Pakistan towards collapse – National Post, Peter Goodspeed
- Pakistan's extremists: The slide downhill – The Economist
- Time Is Short as U.S. Presses a Reluctant Pakistan – New York Times, Jane Perlez
- Pakistan's Fragile Foundations – CFR, Jayshree Bajoria
- Pakistan Forbids Protests in Crackdown on Opposition – Bloomberg, Khalid Qayum and Khaleeq Ahmed
- Outside View: A strategy for AFPAK – UPI, Harlan Ullman
- Has Pakistan become the central front? – Reuters Blogs, Myra MacDonald
- Playing With Fire in Pakistan – New York Times, Editorial
- Pakistan needs 'urgent' help – Asia Times Online, Jim Lobe and Ali Gharib
- Pakistan’s donors urged to boost aid – Financial Times, Farhan Bokhari
- Pakistani Police Clash With Pro-Sharif Protesters – Bloomberg, Khalid Qayum
- Global Financial Crisis Fuels Pakistan Instability – Voice of America News, Gary Thomas
- Pakistan’s Sharif Vows Protest After Court Bars Him From Office – Bloomberg, Khalid Qayum and James Rupert
- West urged to give Pakistan $5bn – Al Jazeera
- Ruling plunges nuclear-armed Pakistan deeper into chaos – McClatchy, Saeed Shah
Audio:
- Shuja Nawaz, Director of the Atlantic Council's South Asia Center, on CBC Radio's As It Happens (2-26-09)
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Video:
- Shuja Nawaz on Worldfocus
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