WASHINGTON – A top White House counterterrorism official said Tuesday that the US was seeking to strengthen moderates in Hizbullah, according to media accounts. John Brennan, assistant to the president for homeland security and counterterrorism, was quoted by Reuters as telling a Washington conference that elements of Hizbullah “are truly a concern to us, what they’re doing. And what we need to do is to find ways to diminish their influence within the organization and to try to build up the more moderate elements.” In his comments, he also apparently charted the course of the “very interesting organization” from “purely...