Hillary Clinton In Yemen
Tuesday, January 11, 2011 at 10:28AMHillary Clinton made a surprise visit to Yemen on Tuesday, the first such trip taken by a U.S. Secretary of State since 1990.
In Yemen, Clinton met with President Ali Abdullah Saleh, as well as opposition leaders and a few citizens. She touted U.S.-Yemeni relations following her conversation with Saleh.
“We are committed to a broad relationship between our two countries,” Clinton said. “We face a common threat posed by the terrorists and al-Qaida, but our partnership goes beyond counterterrorism. We are focused not just on short-term threats, but long-term challenges.”
The issue of terrorism likely dominated the agenda during Clinton’s meetings, with the U.S. particularly concerned about the operations of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, a group that is based in Yemen.
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