Press Releases 2007
U.S. Delegation Expresses Condolences For Lives Lost In Bombing Attack
12/27/2007
Islamabad – U.S. Senator Arlen Specter, U.S. Representative Patrick Kennedy, and U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan Anne W. Patterson expressed deepest condolences to the late Benazir Bhutto’s family and to the people of Pakistan upon the death of the former Prime Minister and other victims of today’s bombing attack in Rawalpindi.
Senator Specter (Republican-Pennsylvania), Representative Kennedy (Democrat-Rhode Island), and Ambassador Patterson visited the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) headquarters in Islamabad this evening to deliver a floral tribute and to offer their sympathy for the tragic loss of Ms. Bhutto and other innocent victims of the attack.
The U.S. officials echoed President Bush’s statement that the people of the United States “stand with the people of Pakistan in their struggle against the forces of terror and extremism. We urge them to honor Benazir Bhutto’s memory by continuing with the democratic process for which she so bravely gave her life.”