Bin Laden’s Death Sparks Calls for Review of Pakistan Aid
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The death of Osama bin Laden prompted immediate calls from U.S. lawmakers to re-evaluate the relationship with Pakistan, where the al-Qaeda leader was found and killed less than 35 miles from the capital, Islamabad.
Even as Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the U.S. is “committed to supporting the people and government” of Pakistan, politicians and analysts raised questions about support for the country and the need to maintain troop levels in neighboring Afghanistan. The discovery of bin Laden’s hideaway in Abbottabad, where Pakistan’s military academy is located and many retired military officers live, is the latest event to heighten U.S.-Pakistan tensions.