Ali Abdullah Saleh, Yemen's departing president, is said to be making his way to New York to receive medical treatment. This has been confirmed by both, U.S. and Yemen officials. Yemeni high officials are saying that the president should arrive in the U.S. on Wednesday after stopping by Oman for a visit. The reason Saleh must travel to the U.S. for medical treatment is due to extensive burns and other injuries that he suffered from a bomb attack on the presidential palace in June. The question we asked in class a week ago was whether the Obama administration would even approve the visit. Now that they have approved the visit of the Yemen president, the department stated "only for the sole purpose of medical treatment and we expect that he will stay for a limited time that corresponds to the duration of his treatment."
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/23/world/middleeast/yemeni-president-leaves-heading-for-us.html?_r=1&ref=world
Jessica Connor
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