" President Obama offered support on Sunday for Yemen’s vice president, who is expected to soon become president, and said that Yemen could be an example of peaceful political transition for other Arab nations.
The message was conveyed by the American counterterrorism chief, John O. Brennan, who presented a letter from Mr. Obama to Vice President Abed Rabbo Mansour al-Hadi during a meeting here in the capital, Sana.
“I know you face challenges ahead, but I am optimistic that Yemen can emerge as a model for how peaceful transition in the Middle East can occur when people resist violence and unite under a common cause,” the letter said, according to The Associated Press.
Mr. Obama’s support for the political transition here came as no surprise. The United States has been working to remove the current president, President Ali Abdullah Saleh, from office since last April.
Mr. Brennan was completing a two-day trip to Yemen, aimed at making sure that the government’s cooperation in fighting the regional branch of Al Qaeda will continue under the country’s new leadership.
Yemenis will cast votes for a new president in a one-candidate election on Tuesday, the culmination of an American-backed plan to end the 33-year rule of Mr. Saleh, a former American ally who was driven from power by a yearlong protest movement and ultimately by pressure from his former allies."
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/20/world/middleeast/ahead-of-yemen-vote-obama-supports-vice-president.html?_r=1&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha22
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