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WASHINGTON — US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has warned Congress that she will fight to block a Republican push to restrict aid for Israel's Arab neighbors and Pakistan and cut off climate change funds.

WASHINGTON (AFP) – US lawmakers on saw momentum for political reconciliation in Afghanistan in the wake of Osama bin Laden's death, but voiced fear that the fight against extremism was floundering in Pakistan.

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama supports the decision by allies to send military advisers to aid Libyan rebels but has no plans to put US "boots on the ground," his spokesman said Wednesday.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's decision to join Western intervention in Libya is raising concerns in the United States about the cost and duration of the military operation.

WASHINGTON – The United States is mulling a "full range of tools" including sanctions against Libya to stop a deadly crackdown on anti-regime protesters there, the State Department said Wednesday.

US and NATO efforts in Afghanistan suffer from a crippling "lack of clarity" about their ultimate goal and sputtering progress on the ground, a top US lawmaker warned Wednesday.