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he's trying to get asif ali zardari to open important supply routes for nato-led forces in afghanistan. pakistani authorities closed them after a u.s. air strike near the afghan border in november accidentally killed 24 of their soldiers. >> president zardari shared with me his belief that these issues can get worked through. we didn't anticipate that the supply issue was going to be resolved by this summit. we knew that before we arrived in chicago. we're actually making diligent progress on it. >> the troops that will leave afghanistan by 2014 are members of the international security assistance force or isaf, led by nato. >> the force was established by the united nations, three months after the september 11th attacks in 2001. united states was already involved in a full-scale offensive against the taliban whom they accused of harboring osama bin laden. isaf is composed of 130,000 troops from 50 countries. 90,000 of them are from the united states. their mission has been to stabilize the situation in afghanistan and to help the government of president hamid karzai reconstruct the co

bilawal bhutto zardari is here, his father asif ali zardari is the president, his ben a tar bhutto was a sass natured in 2 o 007, his mother when she returned to go back too politics. he became chair of the party, on his mother's advice bilawal went to oxford and intended to go to harvard as perhaps she had. all of that changed with his mother's assassinationment now he is in the united states to attend the peabody awards where a documenteer called bhutto is being honored. a visit to new york and his father's visit to chicago for the g8 comes at a difficult time in pakistani u.s. relations there is tension over a 33 year sentence given to a doctor without allegedly helped the cia identify some of bin laden's location. >> the united states does not believe there is any basis for holding dr. afridi. we regret both fact that he was con contribute-- convicted and the severity of his sentence. his help, after all, was instrumental in taking down one of the world's most notorious murderers, that was clearly in pakistan's interests as well as ours and the rest of the world. this action by dr.

the pakistani president asif ali zardari had been invited to the summit at the last minute, as the u.sd to negotiate the re-opening of vital supply routes from pakistan. they've been closed since last fall, when an american attack mistakenly killed 24 pakistani troops along the border. mr. obama met with zardari today on the summit's sidelines, but a new accord remained elusive. >> we're actually making diligent progress. i don't want to paper over real challenges there. there's no doubt there have been tensions between isaf and pakistan and the united states and pakistan over the last several months. i think they are being worked through, both military and diplomatic channels. the president had welcomed afghan president hamid karzai to the summit on sunday. >> the partnership that we signed a few weeks ago in kabul has turned a new page in our relations. and the new page is a page of two sovereign countries working together for the mutual interests-- peace and security >> reporter: the two men signed that longterm strategic agreement just three weeks ago, in kabul. the chicago summit

tomorrow's asif ali zardari meeting will focus on security issues and saturday will focus on the economy. president obama leaves sunday for the nato summit in chicago. this is a little less than an hour. >> i will immediately introduce internet briefing to tom donnellan, the national security adviser. the united states is hosting the g8 and nato summit this year. tom is here to give you a preview of those summits as we have done in the past with visitors. how make some comments and take your questions on related subjects and then tom well the parts and i will remain to take questions on other matters. with that i give you tom donilon. >> thank you, jay. appreciate the opportunity to come by. i want to take a few minutes today and not give a couple comments at the top and then take a few minutes to give your perspective on the upcoming summit. the g8 summit on camp david and then i'd be glad to take questions. thanks for coming out. the first thing i wanted to say is that i've been reflect team on where we have come the last three and half years. the initial summit that the president atte