Rep.
Pitts leaving for Pakistan, Afghanistan tonight
Oversight, humanitarian relief are trips’ focuses
Washington—Congressman
Joe Pitts (R, PA-16) will be leaving this evening for a weeklong trip to
Pakistan and Afghanistan. Congressman
Pitts serves on the House International Relations Committee and the Subcommittee
on the Middle East and South Asia, which has congressional jurisdiction over
affairs in that part of the world. Congressman Pitts will also be meeting with aid workers,
refugees, and government officials in both countries. Congressman Tony Hall (D, OH) and Frank Wolf (R, VA) will be
traveling with him.
“There is no more important
part of the world today than South Asia,” said Congressman Pitts.
“Congress has appropriated billions of dollars for military and
humanitarian efforts in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
In part because I serve on the appropriate subcommittee, Speaker Hastert
asked me to represent Congress in taking a look at our operations there.”
The trip will take 9 days,
including four days of travel. The
Congressmen will return on January 11. They
will be in Kabul, Afghanistan, January 6 and 7.
Congressman Pitts, who has been
to Pakistan previously, has an established relationship with President Pervez
Musharraf and will meet with him again. He
will also be meeting with the interim government of Afghanistan.
Congressman Pitts will also be
meeting with aid organizations, some of which he has worked with in the past.
The Congressman believes strongly in “people to people” diplomacy,
convinced that strong personal relationships between people of two countries is
often very effective in building peace and cooperation between nations.
In April of 2000, the
Congressman organized the donation and shipment of a mobile medical clinic to
serve the rural poor of Afghanistan.
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Additional information:
“Rep.
Pitts leads send-off of mobile medical clinic to Pakistan” (4/21/01)
War
and Peace in Afghanistan
by Rep. Joe Pitts (9/27/01)
Liberation
and Liberty in Afghanistan
by Rep. Joe Pitts (11/14/01)
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