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Archive Home > 2009 > March > 13 > U.S. tries to ease tensions as political crisis roils Pakistan

U.S. tries to ease tensions as political crisis roils Pakistan

By Jane Perlez / The Bulletin
March 13, 2009

RAIWIND, Pakistan — In an effort to defuse the Pakistani political crisis, the U.S. ambassador, Anne Patterson, traveled to see opposition leader Nawaz Sharif on Thursday morning and urged him to reconcile with Pakistan’s president, Sharif said.

Later on Thursday, the Obama....

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