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On the recordMarch 14, 2011
Secretary Flournoy, Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, Michael Leiter, recently said that Yemen's Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) has surpassed Osama bin Laden as being the most likely to conduct attacks inside the United States.
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Kirsten Gillibrand
Democratic · New York

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Senator Gillibrand highlights AQAP's rising threat to U.S. security.

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