Following the terror attack on tourists in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam, the US government, including President Trump, strongly condemned the violence and expressed condolences to PM Modi. The US House Foreign Affairs Committee corrected the New York Times' use of 'militants,' emphasizing it was a 'terrorist attack.
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