CIAO DATE: 02/2010
January 2010
The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
On January 2, 2010, President Barack Obama confirmed that he had "made it a priority to strengthen our partnership with the Yemeni government -- training and equipping their security forces, sharing intelligence and working with them to strike al-Qaeda terrorists."
Resource link: Strengthening Yemeni Counterterrorism Forces: Challenges and Political Considerations [PDF] - 13K