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With a bulging youth population and a sagging economy, Yemen is the poorest Arab nation. Making matters worse, al Qaeda's established an important base in the country and is now threatening Yemen, its neighbors, and the U.S. We explore conditions on the ground, and ask how Yemen became such a fragile state.

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"What has been going on for many, many years is ad hoc, day-to-day management of problems as these problems continue to grow and grow. Now, they have grown to a point where we fear the country is at risk."
– Abdul-Ghani Al-Iryani, Political Consultant in Yemen

And Christmas Day, 2009 showed that Yemen’s problems reach far beyond its borders. Al-Qaeda is camping out in the country’s remote tribal lands, and given the massive unemployed and undereducated youth population, terrorists have plenty of potential recruits. There is no quick fix to Yemen’s problems – it is a country of growing liabilities and declining assets. The international community is sending in lawyers, guns, and money, but it remains to be seen whether Sana’a can change its ways.

Field report from Yemen (2010)
Sean Carberry travels to Yemen to explore the challenging economic, political, and social conditions facing the country’s large and growing population of young people.
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Prospects for reform in Yemen
Deborah Amos speaks with Sean Carberry about his trip to Yemen and the prospects for reform in the country.
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Yemen’s turbulent history
Deborah Amos examines Yemen’s turbulent history of colonial control and tribal conflict.
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The attack of the USS Cole
Sailors aboard the USS Cole tell the story of October 12, 2000, the day the ship was attacked.
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US policy in Yemen
Deborah Amos speaks with two former US Government officials about U.S. policy in Yemen after the bombing of the USS Cole.
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Thomas Krajeski
Thomas C. Krajeski is an American diplomat. He was the United States Ambassador to Yemen from 2004 to 2007. In June 2011, President Barack Obama nominated him to be the U.S. Ambassador to Bahrain.
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Juan Carlos Zarate
Juan C. Zarate is a senior adviser to the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), the senior national security consultant and analyst for CBS News, and a former deputy assistant to the president and deputy national security adviser.
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Yemen in Focus / Executive Producer: Aaron Lobel / AAM Producers: Monica Bushman, Sean Carberry, Matt Ozug and Chris Williams / Interns: Whitney Hall and Chiara Marzotto / Web Producer: Javier Barrera / Photo: Sean Carberry.

Host: Deborah Amos / Length: 51 minutes / Airdate: Mar 2010

Special thanks to the Navy History and Heritage Command and the Navy Marine Corps Relief Society and Grant Jackson and SC ETV Radio.

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