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To observe a skilled and serious interviewer at work, check out The Newshour's Margaret Warner grilling Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari...
MARGARET WARNER: Your prime minister, yesterday, said the objective was to "eliminate the militants and terrorists." Now, what does that mean - eliminate?
PRESIDENT ASIF ALI ZARDARI: That means clearing out the area of the miscreants and bringing life to normalcy.
MARGARET WARNER: But I mean, what happens to them? Are you talking about killing them all or driving them somewhere else? If so, where?
PRESIDENT ASIF ALI ZARDARI: No, we are talking about - this is an offensive, this is war. They - if they can, they kill our soldiers and we do the same.
MARGARET WARNER: But I'm still trying to figure out what eliminate means.
PRESIDENT ASIF ALI ZARDARI: Well, I know what you're trying to figure out. Eliminate means exactly what it means.
MARGARET WARNER: Killing them all.
PRESIDENT ASIF ALI ZARDARI: That's what it means.
The President of Pakistan ended the interview by saying to Ms. Warner, "you are a tough lady."