Hillary Clinton actually said...

"I see this as a critical security challenge."

"If you look at the political support today, with statements that are being made by the Prime Minister and others in support of the military's action against the Taliban, we've never seen anything quit..."

"We are making a commitment to the democratically elected Government of Pakistan, to intensifying the personal as well as the governmental relations between elected officials and administration officia..."

"We do not want to see the Pakistani state threatened with the advance of the Taliban."