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Kerry in Pakistan with tough questions, meets army

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(Reuters) – U.S. Senator John Kerry met Pakistan’s powerful army chief on Sunday to press for answers on Osama bin Laden, but he will also be keen to ensure Pakistani anger over the U.S. raid does not subvert security cooperation.

Pakistan’s parliament on Saturday condemned the secret helicopter-born assault on bin Laden as a violation of sovereignty and called for a review of relations with the United States.

Kerry, a Democrat close to the Obama administration and who is chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, arrived in Pakistan from Afghanistan where he said the United States wanted Pakistan to be a real ally in combating militancy.

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