Clinton, Netanyahu had "frank and cordial" talk -US

WASHINGTON | Fri May 20, 2011 2:41pm EDT

WASHINGTON May 20 (Reuters) - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had a "frank and cordial" conversation before he came to Washington, U.S. State Department spokesman Mark Toner said on Friday.

But Toner declined to confirm a New York Times report that the two had a "furious phone call" in which the Israeli prime minister drove home complaints that President Barack Obama has pushed Israel too hard to make concessions to the Palestinians.

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