mr. wilkinson. >> thank you. ted wilkinson. criticisms have been made -- inevitable criticisms of the administration respond as being supportive of democracy where we can tolerate it and not in countries like bahrain where our interests appear to be more than stability. have how do you address that equation in yemen? >> i agree that you don't have a one-sided fits all policy. i think anyone who is really with the middle east knows the countries have different dynamics, different possibilities so i'm okay with it country by country approach. i think in yemen were running a big risk because basically we are letting the situation grow. and given the force has its plate, it's going to drift a bad direction perez and a good direction for al qaeda. there's going to be less government control out in the periphery. there's going to be greater chance of civil war. you only have to lift the face-off between different military force is in yemen to recognize that possibility. i think it's altogether reasonable for us to first see the yemen

mr. wilkins. >> thank you, ted wilkinson. criticisms have been made of the obama -- inevitable criticisms of the administration's response to the arab spring in different countries as being supportive of democracy where we believe we can tolerate it and not in countries like bahrain where our interests appear to be more on the side of stability. how do you address that equation in yemen? >> i think that -- i agree that we don't have a one size fits all policy. i think anyone who's familiar with the middle east knows these countries have different dynamics, different possibilities, different risks. so i'm okay with a country by country approach. but i think in yemen, we're taking -- we're running a business because basically we're letting a situation grip. and given the forces at play, it's going to drift in a bad direction for us and a good direction for al-qaeda. there's going to be less government control out in the periphery. there's going to be greater chance of civil war. you only have to look at the face-off between dif