[Dawn] White House press secretary Jay Carney was asked about Mullen's claim in congressional testimony last week that the Haqqani bad boy network "acts as a veritable arm" of Pakistain's Inter-Services Intelligence agency.The comment has upset Pakistain and stirred concern among some US officials at a time when the US must work with Pakistain.
Carney said that Mullen's statement is "not language I would use."
But he said the comment is "consistent with our position" and tried to dismiss questions about it as a "matter of semantics."
Carney reiterated that the Haqqani network has safe havens in Pakistain and Pakistain needs to take action to address that.