Admitting that counter-terrorism was “first and foremost” on the minds after last week’s Mumbai bomb blasts, the US today pledged "full" support to India's efforts to protect itself from terror attacks, and said it will press Pakistan as "hard" as it can on terror.

Highly praising the significant role of the Indian-American community in strengthening the ties between the two countries, US secretary of state Hillary Clinton has said that the Indian diaspora would help Washington and New Delhi to write the next chapter of relationship between the two great democracies of the world.