MS. PERINO: Okay. President Bush worked very closely with General Musharraf, and then President Musharraf, in order to help prevent attacks from happening again on American soil. So far, so good. And we have to continue to work with the Pakistanis, and President Bush just spoke yesterday to President Zardari and pledged the full support of America to continue to work with them in order to prevent more attacks on the American people.

I know what you're referring to in terms of were we -- was the United States misled, but what I can say is that the results are that we haven't been attacked again. That doesn't mean that there aren't those who are trying to plot attacks and plan attacks and that aren't ready to try to carry out attacks. But it does mean that we have increased cooperation and coordination. And I think that Secretary Gates and Admiral Mullen, who are up on the Hill right now testifying, could underscore that in terms of all the cooperation that they're working on with their counterparts.

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