senior political director mark preston. so, mark, why is it important for the president to say this given the expected role of pakistan in the ongoing war on terrorism? you know, fred, i think there are certainly a lot of questions here in the united states and around the world. what did pakistan know and at what level of government did pakistani officials know that osama bin laden was, in fact, in their country? now, i will tell you this has become the main topic of conversation on this sunday. it seems to be the next step guard. osama bin laden is dead. the future of al-qaeda is, of course, on the line. but we need to find out what did pakistan know because they ve become such a strang r strong ally, an important ally in the war on terror. while we heard from the pakistan ambassador today, he addressed this very subject about the u.s. raid. the united states, fredricka, as we know, went into pakistan. they did not tell the federal government they were doing so and it touched a nerv