02/02/2015
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"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 mos..."
"I often hear that the reason to continue to be in Afghanistan is the threat that al Qaeda and the Taliban will exploit the weak state to mount attacks on our Homeland."
"I'd like you to comment on what you think we need to do to address that, whether there is sufficient protocols available on an international perspective to address that."
"I particularly am working out a bill with Senator Orrin Hatch on that subject, to begin to develop these international protocols for enforcement."