In her remarks to an American news channel during an interview on Tuesday, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the response of Pakistani public to condemn the terrorist attack on 14-year-old Malala Yousafzai was very appropriate. “The people of Pakistan are saying what needs to be said so eloquently now – that children, boys and girls, deserve to go to school; they deserve to have the chance to make the best of their God-given potential, to make a contribution to their society”, she pointed out. “Any country that doesn’t stand up against extremism in order to protect its children has to really take a hard look, and I think that’s what’s happening in Pakistan. And I certainly hope so because there are so many thousands of young girls who deserve to go to school, who deserve to have an education, and those who are committing these terrible acts of violence need to be brought to justice,” she stressed.