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US embassy in Pakistan clarifies Panetta's statement
[Dawn]  The US Embassy in Islamabad has issued a clarification regarding US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta...current SecDef, previously Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. Panetta served as President Bill Clinton's White House Chief of Staff from 1994 to 1997 and was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1977 to 1993.... 's interview where he stated that someone in the Pak government knew where the late Osama bin Laden Osama bin Laden is dead. He took two shots to the head. That made him frown and he had to lie down. Osama bin Laden is dead. was hiding, DawnNews reported on Sunday. The US embassy stated that the US still believes that Pak officials were unaware about the presence of Osama bin Laden's hideout in Abottabad. Spokesman for the US Defense Department, George Little said that Panetta's interview was old and the US was uncertain about the presence of Osama in Pakistain at the time of the interview. The statement by the US embassy further said that Panetta and other US officials are trying sincerely to improve US-Pakistain relations. Posted by: Fred 2012-01-30 |
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