Posted by: zanshin, 2007-12-27 02:52

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Date: 2007-12-27 (Thursday)
"Our foreign policy has relied on her presence as a stabilizing force. She had a big public following . . . Without her, we will have to regroup.
It complicates life for the American government."
-- Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.), who is in Pakistan and was scheduled to meet Benazir Bhutto tonight






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