02/06/2012
https://congress.gov...
"It is astonishing that even though the United States has eliminated much of their senior leadership and one of its most effective recruiters, the group can still have the capability to conduct attacks..."
"According to the director of national intelligence al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula is the greatest immediate threat from a terrorist group in the United States."
"America's credibility is on the line in Syria, that America's credibility is on the line in Syria. Really?"
"The situation in Syria is that of a national civil war. It is sectarian, and it is ethnic."