Secretary of State Hillary Clinton slammed Florida pastor for his “disgraceful” plan to burn the Quran.

Clinton noted that Terry Jones, the Florida pastor, is the head of a small congregation, and said she wished his plans to burn the Quran on the anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks hadn’t attracted so much media attention. But sadly, “that’s the world we live in right now,” she said.

Jones’s plans could potentially harm U.S. troops, she asserted, echoing a recent warning from Gen. David Petraeus, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan.

The pastor’s plan doesn’t represent broader American views on Islam, Clinton declared. “It’s not who we are,” she said.

Clinton also slammed Jones’s plans on Tuesday night at a State Department dinner in honor of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

Jones has so far rebuffed pleas to call off the event, saying radical Islamists are the target of his message.

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