US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta was with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton at an event at the National Defence University in Washington on Tuesday. (16th August). He also added that Government of Pakistan has also a relationship Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) which has attacked in India and threatens to attack more in future.
Panetta said that US has no choice therefore they are keeping ties with Pakistan as Pakistan is somehow Pakistan give us some cooperation against the fight with Al-Qaeda.