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News Alert: U.S. Shifts to Seek Removal of Yemens Leader, an Ally –
U.S. Shifts to Seek Removal of Yemen‘s Leader, an Ally
The United States, which long supported Yemen’s president,
even in the face of recent widespread protests, has now
quietly shifted positions and has concluded that he is
unlikely to bring about the required reforms and must be
eased out of office, according to American and Yemeni
officials.
The American position began to shift in the past week,
administration officials said. While American officials have
not publicly pressed President Ali Abdullah Saleh to go, they
have told allies and some reporters that they now view his
hold on office as untenable, and they believe he should
leave.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/04/world/middleeast/04yemen.html?emc=na
