MR. JOHNDROE: You know, this is a transition that the people of Pakistan and the government of Pakistan made a decision, as well as President Musharraf made this decision to resign. These are issues that they're going to have to work through their political process. While this political process is underway, we certainly expect they'll keep up their fight against terrorists and extremists and -- because of what I just said: This is a fight that they are in, as well.
And that's what the Prime Minister said when he was in Washington. What he has said repeatedly is they understand that these extremists are going after the government of Pakistan. They're trying to destabilize Pakistan. And so it's not only a threat to the United States, Western Europe, and the whole free world, but it's a threat to Pakistan, as well. And that's why we will all continue to work on going after the extremists.
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