Medvedev also weighed in on the issue Wednesday, saying the base closure shouldn't hamper anti-terrorism operations, according to Interfax.

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But while Paul stopped the Senate's work cold to express his displeasure, the GOP isn't standing as one over anti-terrorism tactics.

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Former Director of Public Prosecutions Lord Macdonald, a Liberal Democrat peer who oversaw the government's wider review of terrorism legislation, said the T-Pims, as they are known, were "an improvement on what went before".

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It doesn't mean there will not continue to be anti-terrorist and terrorism activities around the world.

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In a Commons statement on 26 January 2011, Home Secretary Theresa May said that the existing control order regime will remain in place while the replacement "Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures", or T-Pims, are set up.

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Britain has moved away from its initial goals of counter-terrorism in Afghanistan and has started working on areas it isn't able to handle alone, the Foreign Affairs Select Committee said in the report, which examines security in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

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And at a time when Mexico is not just a regional leader, but now a global leader, as shown by its outstanding participation in the G20 summit and other multilateral organizations, it's critical that we join together around issues that can't be solved by any one nation -- issues like climate change, issues like poverty, issues like terrorism.

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