peter doosey live. reporter: a u.s. official tells us that many u.s. military and defense officials support the state department s decision because they think the financial sanctions that go along with the title of foreign terrorist organization will help cut off fund-raising dollars flowing into the haqqani network which has launched attacks in the past against the u.s. embassy in kabul and outside u.s. bases in afghanistan. we just got record from brunei, that secretary hillary clinton has already signed a report during a stop there that will be sent over to congress telling lawmakers the haqqani networks meets the statutory criteria for designation as a foreign terrorist organization, and ftl. even though this terror tag is new, the pressure on the militant group is not. we are putting steady pressure on the haqqanis, that