2007 ---   Tough talk on Pakistan from Obama  Wed Aug 1, 2007  7:26pm EDT   REUTERS By Steve Holland
 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama said on Wednesday the United States must be willing to strike al Qaeda targets inside Pakistan…....

Obama said if elected in November 2008 he would be willing to attack inside Pakistan with or without approval from the Pakistani government, a move that would likely cause anxiety in the already troubled region.

One year later .....

2008 -- Former official: Bush OK'd US raids in Pakistan  1 hour, 17 minutes ago By PAMELA HESS, Associated Press Writer  
 WASHINGTON - President Bush secretly approved U.S. military raids inside Pakistan against alleged terrorist targets, according to a former intelligence official with recent access to the Bush administration's debate about how to fight al-Qaida and the Taliban inside the lawless tribal border area. ……
… The former official told The Associated Press that Bush signed an order over the summer giving new authority to U.S. special operations forces to target suspected terrorists in the dangerous area along the Afghanistan border. More recently, the administration secretly gave conventional ground troops new authority to pursue militants across the Afghan border into Pakistan, the former official said.