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Musharraf's Crisis Spreads to Bush

Administration rethinks friendship with embattled Pakistani prez

By Max Brallier, Newser User

Posted Jun 5, 2007 7:35 AM CDT

(Newser) – The Bush administration is weighing its previously unflinching alliance with Pakistan's Pervez Musharraf, the Journal reports, as Islamabad spirals into political crisis. The Pentagon is brainstorming post-Pervez scenarios, and some insiders are even pushing for distance from the increasingly autocratic general-president. Read full story »

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