Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Friday she did not come to Pakistan for “happy talk.”Her three-day trip is aimed at getting frank, open discussions going about the fight against terrorism, and that includes presenting U.S. concerns about how much success Pakistan is having, she said.
In an interview with CNN, Clinton said it’s time to “clear the air” with a key U.S. ally. She added, “I don’t think the way you deal with negative feelings is to pretend they’re not there.”
“I think it’s important, if we are going to have the kind of cooperative partnership, that I think is in the best interest of both of our countries, for me to express some of the questions that are on the minds of the American people,” Clinton told CNN’s Jill Dougherty.
