Hillary Clinton... sometimes described as the Smartest Woman in the World and at other times as Mrs. Bill, never as
Another Edward Everett...
and Defense Secretary Robert Gates to make sure Pakistain is doing its utmost to battle Death Eaters before disbursing more US security aid.
The politicians, all Democrats, wrote Clinton and Gates a letter Tuesday in the wake of the raid in which elite US commandos found and killed Al-Qaeda chief the late Osama bin Laden
... who no longer exists...
in a Pak military town not far from the country's capital.
"We recognize the strategic importance of Pakistain," wrote the group, which include Senate Intelligence Committee Chairwoman Dianne Feinstein and Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus.
"However,
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However...
we cannot overlook the logical conclusion of recent events, which is to question whether the Pak security establishment is ardently working to prevent terrorist groups from operating on Pak soil," they said.
The senators called for reviewing Pakistain's efforts to end its support for orc groups, prevent Al-Qaeda, the Taliban and others from operating on Pak soil, and bolster its counter-terrorism and anti money-laundering laws.
"We believe that conducting this assessment will be crucial for the Congress to determine whether to provide the full range of security assistance," they said in the letter.
Pakistain received a total of $2.7 billion dollars in aid and reimbursements from Washington in fiscal year 2010, which ended on October 1, making it the third-largest recipient of US aid after Afghanistan and Israel.
Finding bin Laden in a Pak military town "indicates, at a minimum, a lack of commitment by the Pak military to aggressive cooperation with the United States," the senators said.
"This is particularly concerning as the Congress again considers increasing security assistance to Pakistain," they said.