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ople that remain in guantanamo who are yemen as to what will happen wi them whenhe facility there is finaylosed. ifill: professor johnson, do this sound familiar to u at all to what we're going throh with pakistan which is trying to get the govement toooperate in rooting out cells and ether the government cooperates depend a lot on h much ud aid is coming their way? >> yeah, i think that'a very good parallel. i think it should be point out that there areo easy or obvious solutions en it mes to dealing with al qaeda in yemen the united states shouldt be der any illusions. it's not going to defeat al qaeda there today,omorrow, ne month or even next year. al qaedahere just too strong and to entrenched tre's really no magic missile swer to the problem of al qda. it is going to te a great al of patience. it's going to take a vy knew understanded lalized and a multaceted response by the united stas. >> ifill: mr. barrett,e had a former ambassar to yemen on the proam last year. she saide needed to get ahead the failure curve. can you fine for us what you think that might mean. >> yeah. i think at

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