Thursday, August 1, 2013

U.S. Secretray Of State John Kerry: President Obama Wants To End Drone Strikes Soon



Pakistan Drone Strikes To End Soon, Kerry Says On Visit -- Bloomberg

Secretary of State John Kerry said President Barack Obama hopes to soon end U.S. drone strikes aimed at terrorists in Pakistan that have fed tensions between the two countries.

“The program will end as we have eliminated most of the threat and continue to eliminate it,” Kerry said today in an interview in Islamabad with Pakistan TV. “I think the president has a very real timeline and we hope it’s going to be very, very soon.”

Kerry is sending a message on his first visit to Pakistan as secretary of state that the U.S. wants to repair ties by focusing on issues that unite the two countries rather than having a relationship centered narrowly on counterterrorism.

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