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Clinton defends both outreach and crackdown on Taliban-linked Haqqani network By Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said bluntly Thursday that U.S. outreach to gauge the Taliban-linked Haqqani network’s interest in peace talks after more than a decade of war was answered with “an attack on our embassy” in Afghanistan. Testifying before skeptical members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Clinton defended the apparent contradiction of U.S. pressure on …

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