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Clinton: Pakistan Has to Fight

Terrorism fight a no-brainer, she tells students

By the Associated Press

Posted Oct 29, 2009 6:57 AM CDT

(AP) – Hillary Clinton said today that Pakistan had little choice but to take a more aggressive approach, starting last summer, in combating the Taliban and other extremists that threaten to destabilize the country. In a lively give-and-take with students at the Government College of Lahore, Clinton... Read full story »

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