SANAA (Reuters) - The United States views al Qaeda militants operating from Yemen as an urgent concern, Hillary Clinton said on Tuesday in the first visit to Sanaa by a U.S. secretary of state in 20 years.
Washington is anxious for Yemen, next door to the world's top oil exporter, to step up its fight against an al Qaeda wing based in Yemen, where militants have attempted ambitious attacks against U.S. and Western targets.
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