Underscoring Its New Cachet, Clinton Drops In on Yemen

Seeking to develop non-military relations
By Polly Davis Doig,  Newser Staff
Posted Jan 11, 2011 9:04 AM CST
Underscoring Its New Cachet, Clinton Drops In on Yemen
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton listens to the American ambassador at the US embassy in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Monday Jan. 10, 2011.   (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

Hillary Clinton is in Yemen today on the first visit by a US secretary of state since the late '80s—underscoring the Arabian nation's new importance in the fight against al-Qaeda, reports the Wall Street Journal. "It's not enough to have military-to-military relations" between the two nations, Clinton said. "We need to try to broaden the dialogue." Her one-day visit will also focus on economic development and the preservation of natural resources. The US will send about $130 million in non-military aid this year; that figure was $17 million in 2008.
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