president hadi has made it clear that he wants to build a democratic with a small d. and pluralistic country. he was sworn in as president of yemen in february after running the country single candidate election with 9010.6% of the vote. the election was the last part of the international brokered accord that provided former president saleh with immunity in exchange for his agreement to step down after more than three decades in power and they hear a mass protest in the country. perhaps this peaceful transition to serve as a model for syria, something many of us are urging. as the leader of this country, president hadi i thought with the building blocks for a peaceful future. he is committed to partnering with the u.s. in an ambitious plan to restructure his military to combat al qaeda. the plans two-pronged strategy includes cooperation to capture or kill about a dozen of al qaeda's most dangerous militants, working with persian allies to in her yemeni security forces to respond to al qaeda's larger threat to destabilize the country and its government. but there are

after president hadi's remarks, frederick kempe will moderate the q&a discussion. fred comes to the council after a career at the wall street journal. he is the author of several books, including berlin, 1961, which was published in may and is a best seller. the wilson center last partnered with the atlantic council on the arab transitions. it was a spectacular event and we are pleased to be joining forces today. so now please join me in welcoming the president of yemen, his excellency, president hadi, who will give some opening remarks followed by the q&a. [applause] [speaking arabic] >> the director of the center and ladies and gentlemen, who are here today, i am very pleased to meet with you today and give you a brief overview of the security and economic situation in the republic of yemen. as you know, yemen has a strategic location. it is in the southern tip of the arab peninsula and it reaches the west to the south and east and due to its geographical importance, yemen has one of the most important waterways in the world. because it connects the indian ocean

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and i notice that there is a project on 18th street between market and hady. and from the time that notification came out to the time that the project was done, it went very quick and the neighbors were... i mean that everybody is happy now that 18th street now is... and that section is not like a... a bumpy road any more. but i was very impressed with how quickly the construction and everything and then you guys were

and i notice that there is a project on 18th street between market and hady. and from the time that notification came out to the time that the project was done, it went very quick and the neighbors were... i mean that everybody is happy now that 18th street now is... and that section is not like a... a bumpy road any more. but i was very impressed with how quickly the construction and everything and then you guys were in and out, which i am very appreciative because it didn't used to be like that and i noticed the last few projects that you have done in my neighborhood you have been in and out and we appreciate that and we like our new roads. >> generally it takes one or two roads to pave it and some time after that to stripe it just for a paving job. >> director? >> just a note, though, i think that jcw is pretty good and sensitive to high commercial times like valentines day or during the holidays, or high shopping times. so, i don't know if in the notification out for the merchants there is a contact, you know? just in case the businesses or the merchants j

local branch of al qaeda has killed at least five alleged militants in eastern yemen this is president hadi requested an investigation into another train strike that resulted in the death of twelve civilians at the weekend time until struggling to suppress militant activity in the country which has increased since february uprising resulted in the al sting of the former president. former spy chief and confident of colonel gadhafi has been arrested in libya after being extradited from mauritania he was detained in march in a joint operation with french intelligence in a more tanian airport was newsy is also sought by french authorities in the international criminal court for crimes against humanity. hundreds of protesters have reportedly clashed overnight the police in bahrain this after a civilian court upheld a military ruling that found twenty opposition leaders guilty of plotting to overthrow the government a program for movement against the ruling medicare originated in february last year police crackdowns allegedly leaving at least sixty people killed and schools arrested six. i've got

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president hadi committed to doing everything possible to protect american citizens in yemen and said the u.s. embassy. president obama reiterated his rejection of any efforts to denigrate islam and emphasize that there is never any justification for the violence we are seeing. just getting that read out right now, wolf. of course, it also says reaffirming our commit to the government and people during their historic transition. >> the demonstrations will get intense, not only in cairo, but yemen. also we're watching what's going on in libya right now. let's join her from the libyan capital of tripoli. you have details on one arrest on this deadly attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi. what can you tell us? >> wolf, senior libyan officials have announcedrogress in their investigation on the attack in the consulate in an interview with cnn's christiane ampore just a short while ago. a libyan national was detained in benghazi in connection with the attack. we also heard from the deputy interior minister who said they have a number of individuals already in custody and they're being i