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$150 Million for Yemeni 'Encouragement'
America won't get much for its money

March 2, 2010  •  The Washington Times

"Yemen's willingness... to confront the serious threat al Qaeda poses to the nation's stability has been inconsistent in the past, but our recent intensive engagement appears to have had positive results."

That was the State Department's assistant secretary for Near Eastern Affairs, Jeffrey D. Feltman, at congressional hearings on Yemen earlier this month. He repeatedly assured the House Foreign Affairs Committee that he was "encouraged" by Yemen's new attitude.

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Hitting the Mullahs at Their Pumps

February 17, 2010  •  New York Post

Support for sanctions against Iran's energy sector is gaining momentum in Washington as a means to confront Tehran's nuclear ambitions, its human-rights abuses and its support for terror.

In December, the House passed the Iran Refined Petroleum Sanctions Act by a vote of 412 to 12. Last month, the Senate unanimously approved the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act -- which includes refined petroleum and gasoline sanctions. A conference committee should be able to produce a bill with real teeth that can pass both houses and go to President Obama for his signature.

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Terror Finance and the Transatlantic Relationship
A Briefing at the House of Commons

February 10, 2010  •  Henry Jackson Society

By kind invitation of Ben Wallace MP, the Henry Jackson Society was pleased to be able to host a discussion with Jonathan Schanzer, a former counterterrorism analyst for the Office of Intelligence and Analysis at the US Department of the Treasury. Mr Schanzer explained how terror finance is a critical component of terrorism and one that needs to be countered as much as terrorist ideology before offering remarks on the differences in approach between the Bush and Obama administrations as well as the US and the UK, identifying opportunities, successes and areas requiring improvement. Below is a transcript of the event on January 26, 2010.

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Aid to Yemen: Throwing Good Money After Bad?

February 3, 2010  •  House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Written Testimony

Chairman Berman, Ranking Member Ros-Lehtinen, and distinguished Members of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, on behalf of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, I commend you for holding this important and timely hearing. Moreover, I wish to thank you for the opportunity to address you today about the challenges of supporting the counterterrorism effort in Yemen.

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review of United in Hate: The Left's Romance with Tyranny and Terror

Winter 2010  •  Middle East Quarterly

Glazov, editor of FrontPageMag.com, exposes the hypocrisy of leftists and liberals who claim to champion the principles of freedom, democracy, liberalism, and feminism yet support both communist and Islamist dictatorships, which implement none of these principles.

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