Hillary Clinton Arrives In Pakistan To Repair Frayed Relations

ISLAMABAD — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Friday that relations between the United States and Pakistan had reached a turning point after the killing of Osama bin Laden and Islamabad must make "decisive steps" in the days ahead to fight terrorism.
Clinton made the remarks after meeting with Pakistani civilian and military leaders on a brief trip to Pakistan meant to repair relations that have been badly frayed the May 2 U.S. raid that killed the al-Qaida leader who had been hiding in a comfortable house in an army town not far from the capital, Islamabad.
The Pakistanis were angry that they weren't told of the raid in advance, while the location of bin Laden's hideout raised U.S. suspicions that members of the security services must have known bin Laden's whereabouts.
Adm. Mike Mullen, the chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff who also was in Pakistan, was blunt.
"I think we all realize the challenges under which this relationship now labors," he told reporters. "We had very candid discussions, the kind of discussion two friends should be able to have at times like this."
Clinton and Mullen are the highest-ranking U.S. officials to confer with Pakistani leaders since the raid, which splintered already fragile support in both countries for the agenda of cooperation that top U.S. and Pakistani officials say they want.
A portion of the meeting between Clinton and President Asif Ali Zardari briefly witnessed by reporters was stiff and awkward, with no smiles among the U.S. delegation.
Clinton said relations "had reached a turning point," but she thought Pakistan knew the stakes involved.
She said "it was up to the government of Pakistan to take decisive steps in the days ahead" against militants, but did not give any details.

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I don’t want to repair frayed relationships.  I don’t want to be friends with Pakistan.  Didn’t they help hide the number one terrorist in the world?  Didn’t they deny and aren’t they still denying that they knew or might have known where OBL was living and hiding.  They are liars and cheats.  We give them billions of dollars in aid each year, and they can’t help us in our war on terrorism?  With friends like these. . . . . . . .