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(Photo via BringWarrenHome.com)Related PostsOn Wednesday, August 13,聽the President will probably wake up and go for a run on the beach in Martha鈥檚 Vineyard. On the same day, somewhere in the hilly region between Pakistan鈥檚 cities and the Afghan border, Warren Weinstein will wake up and wait for his captors to tell him when he can go to the bathroom, what he can eat for breakfast, or whether he will live through the day. Warren is a development worker 鈥斅爊ot a US government employee or a member of the military. He is one of the thousands of people who decided that their life would be more fulfilling if they <a href=http://www.radiorcs.com/page.php?sale=Jimmy-Choo-Shoes-On-Ebay>Jimmy Choo Shoes On Ebay</a> dedicated it to helping others. He has spent over 40 years working in places in Africa and South Asia that desperately need people like him. He hasn鈥檛 asked for comfort or for a big salary. Instead, he and his wife Elaine have raised their two daughters while enduring long periods of time when Warren was overseas, often in less than stable places. They compensated for the distance with postcards that Warren would send and by the daily phone call 鈥斅爏ometimes more than once a day 鈥斅爓hen Warren would talk about something, anything, just to let them hear his voice and know that he was alright. That all changed on August 13, 2011, when gunmen burst into his home in Lahore, Pakistan, and abducted him. He had been in Pakistan for seven years working on economic development projects. His goal was to work with local partners to give them the resources, skills and training to do better for their families and their community. He was just four days away from his return to the US. But in just a few days, Warren will have been missing for three years. His family has had to forgo holidays, birthdays and anniversaries 鈥斅爀ven his precious postcards and phone calls. They have only seen him in videos that his captors have produced to show he is still alive, and because of his asthma and heart issues, he does not look good. The family believes he is in North Waziristan 鈥斅爊ear where the Pakistan Army is conducting a major offensive 鈥斅燽ut they don鈥檛 know for sure. Instead of spending time with their parents as they transitioned into retirement 鈥斅燱arren turned 73 last month 鈥斅燱arren鈥檚 two daughters, along with his wife, have had to learn about Washington <a href=http://www.avanttravel.com/page.php?sale=Christian-Louboutin-Louis>Christian Louboutin Louis</a> the hard way. These are not connected people with money or powerful friendships. This is a development worker鈥檚 family 鈥斅爋rdinary people, the kind of people who need a government that knows how to help them when they are most in need. They have had to figure out how one connects with the parts of government that are supposed to help in such circumstances and realized that it does not work the way one might hope. They have had to learn about the geopolitics of the US-Pakistan bilateral relationship, when all they want is their father back. They have had to find the right ways to speak directly to the American people and to the people of Pakistan. But still, another anniversary is coming up, and Warren is not home. They have had to learn about how to appear in the media, how to walk the halls of Congress, and how to know when a meeting is just a meeting or when it is an opportunity <a href=http://www.alportico.net/page.php?sale=Gucci-Prescription-Glasses>Gucci Prescription Glasses</a> to help their father. One saving grace has been the support they have gotten from Maryland鈥檚 U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Barbara Mikulski and from their congressman, Representative John Delaney. All three have voiced their concern to the Administration, and all three have co-sponsored resolutions in their respective houses of Congress calling on the Administration and the Government of Pakistan to do more. But what is really needed is a cooperative effort between the US and Pakistan to bring this nightmare to an end for the Weinstein family. When announced that he was authorizing US military air strikes against the terrorist group the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), he said: 鈥淲hen the lives of American citizens are at risk, we will take action. That is my responsibility as Commander-in-Chief.鈥?As Warren Weinstein prepares for his third year in captivity, we, like him, Mr. President, are holding you to your word.

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+(Photo via BringWarrenHome.com)Related PostsOn Wednesday, August 13,聽the President will probably wake up and go for a run on the beach in Martha鈥檚 Vineyard.
+On the same day, somewhere in the hilly region between Pakistan鈥檚 cities and the Afghan border, Warren Weinstein will wake up and wait for his captors to tell him when he can go to the bathroom, what he can eat for breakfast, or whether he will live through the day.
+Warren is a development worker 鈥斅爊ot a US government employee or a member of the military. He is one of the thousands of people who decided that their life would be more fulfilling if they <a href=http://www.radiorcs.com/page.php?sale=Jimmy-Choo-Shoes-On-Ebay>Jimmy Choo Shoes On Ebay</a>  dedicated it to helping others. He has spent over 40 years working in places in Africa and South Asia that desperately need people like him.
+He hasn鈥檛 asked for comfort or for a big salary. Instead, he and his wife Elaine have raised their two daughters while enduring long periods of time when Warren was overseas, often in less than stable places. They compensated for the distance with postcards that Warren would send and by the daily phone call 鈥斅爏ometimes more than once a day 鈥斅爓hen Warren would talk about something, anything, just to let them hear his voice and know that he was alright.
+That all changed on August 13, 2011, when gunmen burst into his home in Lahore, Pakistan, and abducted him. He had been in Pakistan for seven years working on economic development projects. His goal was to work with local partners to give them the resources, skills and training to do better for their families and their community.
+He was just four days away from his return to the US. But in just a few days, Warren will have been missing for three years. His family has had to forgo holidays, birthdays and anniversaries 鈥斅爀ven his precious postcards and phone calls. They have only seen him in videos that his captors have produced to show he is still alive, and because of his asthma and heart issues, he does not look good. The family believes he is in North Waziristan 鈥斅爊ear where the Pakistan Army is conducting a major offensive 鈥斅燽ut they don鈥檛 know for sure.
+Instead of spending time with their parents as they transitioned into retirement 鈥斅燱arren turned 73 last month 鈥斅燱arren鈥檚 two daughters, along with his wife, have had to learn about Washington <a href=http://www.avanttravel.com/page.php?sale=Christian-Louboutin-Louis>Christian Louboutin Louis</a>  the hard way. These are not connected people with money or powerful friendships.
+This is a development worker鈥檚 family 鈥斅爋rdinary people, the kind of people who need a government that knows how to help them when they are most in need. They have had to figure out how one connects with the parts of government that are supposed to help in such circumstances and realized that it does not work the way one might hope. They have had to learn about the geopolitics of the US-Pakistan bilateral relationship, when all they want is their father back.
+They have had to find the right ways to speak directly to the American people and to the people of Pakistan. But still, another anniversary is coming up, and Warren is not home. They have had to learn about how to appear in the media, how to walk the halls of Congress, and how to know when a meeting is just a meeting or when it is an opportunity <a href=http://www.alportico.net/page.php?sale=Gucci-Prescription-Glasses>Gucci Prescription Glasses</a>  to help their father.
+One saving grace has been the support they have gotten from Maryland鈥檚 U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Barbara Mikulski and from their congressman, Representative John Delaney. All three have voiced their concern to the Administration, and all three have co-sponsored resolutions in their respective houses of Congress calling on the Administration and the Government of Pakistan to do more. But what is really needed is a cooperative effort between the US and Pakistan to bring this nightmare to an end for the Weinstein family.
+When  announced that he was authorizing US military air strikes against the terrorist group the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), he said: 鈥淲hen the lives of American citizens are at risk, we will take action. That is my responsibility as Commander-in-Chief.鈥?As Warren Weinstein prepares for his third year in captivity, we, like him, Mr. President, are holding you to your word.
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