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"A blunt message"--NBC's Andrea Mitchell…"some very blunt talk"--CBS' Wyatt Andrews…"rather blunt and rather remarkable"--ABC's Martha Raddatz. What was it that Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton told local journalists in Lahore during her visit to Pakistan? "al-Qaeda has had a safe haven in Pakistan since 2002 and I find it hard to believe that nobody in your government knows where they are and could not get them if they really wanted to."
CBS' Andrews explained the Secretary's plan as "taking head-on press and public opinion leaders who are accustomed to blaming America." NBC's Mitchell reported that "many Pakistanis were stunned by her directness" while ABC's Raddatz reported on the reaction inside-the-Beltway. "A lot of people in government believe what she said is true," Raddatz reckoned. As for Washington's diplomatic corps, "I think they tried to keep a straight face but I think there were probably a few gasps behind the scenes."
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