... BLITZER: President Musharraf seized power in a 1999 coup and appointed himself president while remaining the head of the Pakistani Army. Washington strengthened ties with him after 9/11. Since then, Musharraf has walked a fine line -- cooperating with the U.S. in the war on terror without provoking Islamic groups inside Pakistan. …

STEVEN CLEMONS, NEW AMERICA FOUNDATION: It's terribly hypocritical to go into the world and talk democracy as boldly and as robustly as this administration did and then to cozy up to a dictator now like Musharraf. President Bush can no longer go out and give a pro-democracy speech. ...

For the complete "Situation Room" transcript, please follow this link. Clemons, Director of the American Strategy Program at New America, wrote about this topic on his blog, TheWashingtonNote.com.