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Speaking after their meetings, both Admiral Mullen and Secretary Clinton stressed that the U.S.-Pakistani partnership must move past the bin Laden raid to continue and intensify the fight against extremists in the region.
Clinton and Mullen flew to Pakistan on short notice for meetings with President Asif Ali Zardari, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and Pakistan's military leadership, including the head of military intelligence.
At a news conference, Mullen acknowledged the raid that killed bin Laden caused diplomatic difficulties, and he stressed that closer cooperation is needed.
"Now is not the time for retreat or for recrimination," he said. "Now is the time for action and closer coordination. For more cooperation, not less. For the friendship to get stronger, not weaker."
The secretary of state and the top U.S. military officer both said their talks with the Pakistanis were frank and productive, covering increased cooperation in the war against terrorism and extremists, both in Afghanistan and the Pakistani frontier region.
Without referring to suggestions by some in the U.S. Congress of withholding some of the $2.7 billion the United States gives Pakistan each year in security-related aid, Secretary Clinton said the U.S. and Pakistan will continue that important fight as allies:
"We will do our part and we look to the government of Pakistan to take decisive steps in the days ahead," she said. "Joint action against al-Qaida and its affiliates will make Pakistan, America and the world more secure."
Clinton said public misunderstanding and confusion risks undermining real cooperation between the two countries. She cited both growing anti-Americanism in Pakistan and public mistrust of Pakistan in the United States. Answering a Pakistani reporter's question, she said the two nations can move forward only through real transparency:
"Let’s clear away the underbrush. Let’s have the kind of open, candid conversation that you and I are having now, and that we had earlier today. And then let the chips fall where they may. But let’s not be misinterpreting and misrepresenting each other, because then we can never, ever find common ground," Clinton said.
Since bin Laden had been hiding deep inside Pakistan, there has been widespread skepticism in the West about where Pakistan stands in the war on terrorism.
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By Alexander Besant
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Demonstrators in major U.S. cities took to the streets for a fifth straight day on Sunday to protest President-elect Donald Trump, whose campaign manager said President Barack Obama and Democrat Hillary Clinton should do more to support a peaceful transition.
Following several nights of unrest, crowds of people marched in parks in New York City and San Francisco, and planned to do so in Oakland, California, according to social media.
Largely peaceful demonstrators in urban areas have said Trump threatens their civil and human rights. They have decried Trump's campaign promises to restrict immigration and register Muslims, as well as allegations the former reality-TV star sexually abused women.
Dozens have been arrested and a handful of police injured.
Civil rights groups have monitored violence against U.S. minorities since Trump's win, citing reports of attacks on women in Islamic head scarves, of racist graffiti and of bullying of immigrant children. They have called on Trump to denounce the attacks.
Trump said he was 'so saddened' to hear of instances of violence by some of his supporters against minorities, according to a transcript released on Sunday of an interview with the CBS program '60 Minutes'.
Kellyanne Conway, Trump's campaign manager, said on Fox News on Sunday that she was sure many of the protesters were paid professionals, though she offered no proof.
Republican House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan told CNN on Sunday that protests are protected by the First Amendment as long as they are peaceful.
Neither Obama nor Clinton has called for an end to the protests. Obama told Trump at the White House on Thursday that he was going to help Trump succeed, "because if you succeed, then the country succeeds."
Clinton told supporters at a New York hotel on Wednesday: "Donald Trump is going to be our president. We owe him an open mind and the chance to lead."
Trump on Sunday attacked the New York Times for coverage he said was "very poor and highly inaccurate."
The newspaper published a letter in Sunday's editions from publisher Arthur Sulzberger and executive editor Dean Baquet, not apologizing, but thanking readers for their loyalty and asking how news outlets underestimated Trump's support.
The Times plans to "hold power to account, impartially and unflinchingly" during the Trump presidency, they wrote.