One question that is very important for us, nuclear weapons in Pakistan, how safe are they?
Assistant Secretary Blake: Yes. The President and many other leaders in the United States have repeatedly expressed our confidence in the ability of the Pakistani government to secure its nuclear weapons. That is something that we, like you, follow very closely. Q: Very closely? Assistant Secretary Blake: That’s all I have to say on that subject. [Laughter]. Q: What would you like to tell the Indian people and government to allay their fears and apprehensions? Assistant Secretary Blake: I think the most important thing to tell them is that first of all, we are working very closely together to confront the common enemy. Since the terrible bombings that took place and the terrible killings that took place on 26/11 in Mumbai, counterterrorism cooperation between the United States and India has increased very substantially. You saw that Home Minister Chidambaram visited the United States in September of this year and had wide-ranging meetings with all of his counterparts in the United Stat
