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The White House counterterrorism chief said Friday that despite U.S.-Yemeni relations fraught with debate and tension, the two sides are ratcheting up efforts to capture or kill militants.
John Brennan said he and Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh have had what he called “animated conversations” over U.S. frustrations with Yemeni foot-dragging in counterterrorism and Yemen’s complaints that promised U.S. aid wasn’t arriving fast enough.
“But that is the hallmark of true friendship,” Brennan said, in remarks delivered at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. “Not telling the other what they want to hear, but telling the other what they need to hear.”
