From PRI, Public Radio International and KCRW Santa Monica, this is To the Point.

The U.S. Pakistan and the War on Terror.

Hello again, I'm Mormon Alney, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International,

a daily look at the issues Americans care about most.

Standing with President Purvez Musharraf today, President Bush said he was taken aback

to learn that a U.S. official threatened Pakistan after September 11th.

Both leaders said the alliance is strong, but Afghanistan has complained that Pakistan's recent

deal with tribal leaders is a green light for the Taliban.

On to the point, Musharraf took power in a military coup, and he's now caught between supporters of westernization and Islamic extremists.

Pakistan's getting massive amounts of American aid, but can it be a reliable ally in the war against terror?

On reporter's notebook later on, recruiting children for God's

Christian army. First, here's the news. Support for To the Point comes from subscribers of KCRW

Santa Monica and from the Public Radio International Program Fund, whose contributors include the Ford

Foundation and the John D. and Catherine T. McArthur

Foundation. Hello again, woman. I'm only back with To the Point. At the White House today,

President Bush and Musharraf reaff reaffirmed their alliance in the war against terror.

On To the Point, did the U.S. threatened Pakistan after September 11th? Will his divided country

allow Musharraf to be a reliable partner? On reporter's notebook,

a Christian leader compares her camp for young children to Pakistan's Islamic madrasas.

We'll hear two views of America's fast-growing evangelical youth movement. First, this news update,

President Bush and three Republican senators have reached an agreement on interrogating suspected

terrorists.

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