The powerful House Foreign Affairs Committee held a hearing Wednesday to examine Pakistan's counterterrorism cooperation, its education reform efforts and U.S. aid to Pakistan.
Republican Committee Chairman Ed Royce said Pakistan's nuclear arsenal is on track to be the third largest in the world, and that its addition of small tactical nuclear weapons and longer-range missiles in recent years is even more troubling.
This is a country, Royce said, that spends a fifth of its budget on the military, but less than 2.5 percent on education.
Richard Olson, special U.S. representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, spoke for the Obama administration at the hearing........http://www.voanews.com/content/united-states-lawmakers-threaten-to-cut-aid-to-pakistan/3106597.html
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Pakistan has confirmed it's part of a Saudi-led "Islamic military alliance" against terrorism in the Muslim world but remained vague about when exactly it joined the new alliance...
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He also denied media reports from Wednesday that claimed Pakistan was "surprised" when its membership in the 34-member group was announced on Tuesday. He insisted Foreign Secretary Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry had earlier only said that Pakistan was "ascertaining details" about the announcement.
Khalilullah went on to say that Pakistan and Saudi Arabia have been exchanging ideas on how to deal with terrorism.
The new coalition does not include Shia-led countries of Iran, Iraq and Syria, raising questions whether it can be a unified front against extremists.
AP
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