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Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.), who sits on the Senate subcommittee responsible for international aid, argued that military assistance to Pakistan should be eliminated in light of an attack Monday on a CIA office in Afghanistan that left one American dead.

Although the embassy had not yet provided details of the attack, reports Monday said that the Haqqani network - a Pakistani-based militant group - may have been responsible. The group attacked the American Embassy in Kabul last week, prompting Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to denounce the ties between the network and the Pakistani intelligence agency.

The attack Monday morning also follows recent attacks on NATO headquarters in Afghanistan, and the assassination of former Afghan President Burhanuddin Rabbani, who was leading a government effort to broker peace with the Taliban.

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