Cardin meets with Pakistani leaders on security issues

A congressional delegation led by Sen. Ben Cardin met with Pakistan?s president and new prime minister in Islamabad on Monday, and Cardin came away encouraged by the new tougher military stance toward insurgents on the border with Afghanistan, who had been attacking U.S. operations.

“We were pleased to see that the government has taken a changed attitude,” Cardin told The Examiner in a late-night phone interview from Astana, Kazakhstan, where he is attending meetings of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Commission). “They are showing some resolve in regard to the border. It?s an area that we need to get in much better control.”