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America faces terror threats from Pakistan: Obama

Washington, Mar 13 (ANI): US President Barack Obama has said that his country faced a terror threat from Pakistan.

Speaking at the dedication of Abraham Lincoln Hall at the National Defence University, Obama said on Thursday that the 9/11 terror attacks "signalled the new dangers of the 21st century."

"We're still at war with terrorists in Afghanistan and Pakistan who are plotting to do us harm," the Daily Times quoted Obama, as saying.

Meanwhile, a senior US defence official said that the White House will complete its strategy review on Afghanistan and Pakistan as early as next week before mounting a new push for help from NATO and other allies.

For Pakistan, the Obama Administration is preparing what the official described as "quite a comprehensive approach" to shoring up the country's security, economics and politics. (ANI)

Bush plans to cutdown gasoline consumption

Washington, Jan 24: President George W Bush presented to the US Congress a plan to cut down the country's massive gasoline consumption by 20 per cent during the next ten years to reduce America's dependence on foreign energy sources.''For too long, our nation has been dependent on oil. America's dependence leaves us more vulnerable to hostile regimes, and to terrorists - who could cause huge disruptions of oil shipments, raise the price of oil, and do great harm to our economy,''.....
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