National Press Club to Host 'NEWSMAKER' Media Briefing: Senator Bond to Critique...

National Press Club to Host 'NEWSMAKER' Media Briefing: Senator Bond to
Critique President's New Strategy for Afghanistan-Pakistan

Senator: President Must Convince NATO-European Allies to Step Up

WASHINGTON, March 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- U.S. Senator Kit Bond, vice
chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, will critique President Obama's
new plan for Afghanistan-Pakistan at a National Press Club Newsmaker press
conference at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, April 1, in the Zenger Room, 529 14th St.
NW, 13th floor.

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Bond will also talk about the need for President Obama to enlist the support
of European and NATO allies on his overseas trip this week. Bond has been a
critic of NATO for failing in its responsibility to provide security in the
Afghanistan-Pakistan region.

Following last year's election, Bond sent President-elect Obama and the
members of his national security team his own report outlining the path
forward for Pakistan-Afghanistan that urged the incoming administration to
embrace a new and comprehensive regional approach. Bond returned from his
latest visit to Afghanistan and Pakistan in December 2008.

Christopher S. 'Kit' Bond serves as the vice chairman of the Senate Select
Intelligence Committee. Bond, Missouri's senior senator, was elected to the
United States Senate in 1986 and is a senior member of the Senate
Appropriations Committee.

SOURCE National Press Club

Mark Schoeff, Jr. of the National Press Club, +1-202-662-7218,
mschoeff@workforce.com