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Expressing satisfaction with Pakistan's cooperation in the probe of a bomb attempt in New York's Times Square, Richard Holbrooke, the US special envoy for Pakistan and Afghanistan, said that Hilarys remarks were misconstrued and noted that Clinton had also welcomed Pakistan's growing cooperation against extremism. We think our relations with Pakistan have improved greatly in the last year, Holbrooke maintained. Clinton herself praised the Pakistan government for what it has done. And so I urge you to not to react to a misrepresentation of what she said, he said. The US Congress last year approved a major aid package that devotes $7.5 billion over five years to build Pakistan's schools, infrastructure and democratic institutions to try to weaken support for extremists. The US military has also stepped up a campaign of targeting militants in attacks by unmanned drones in lawless tribal areas. However, he called on the Pakistani government to do more, regarding the elimination of the terrorists.
