News item No. 1 concerns the testimony of Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on April 24. "[Deterioration of security in nuclear-armed Pakistan] poses a mortal threat to the security and safety of our country and the world," she said.
News Item No. 2: Headline in The Washington Post Page 1, top right, above the fold, May 4: "U.S. Options in Pakistan Limited" News item No. 3: Jackson Diehl's Washington Post column May 4 : "A senior [Obama administration] official said "it's not good when your national security interests are dependent on a country over which you have almost no influence."
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