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Obama official accuses GOP of using terrorism as 'political football'

President Obama's deputy national security advisor accused Republicans on Sunday of using national security as a "political football" and of being disingenuous in criticizing the treatment of Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the suspect in the Christmas Day airliner attack.

Obama adviser says Cheney is wrong in criticism

WASHINGTON -- Dick Cheney's withering criticism of the Obama White House's terrorism-fighting policies came under an equally harsh response Sunday, with the former vice president accused of being ignorant or intentionally misleading.

US, UK close Yemen embassies over Al-Qaeda threats

DAVID E. SANGER and ERIC SCHMITT The New York Times 01/03/2010
US, UK close Yemen embassies over Al-Qaeda threats

WASHINGTON — The United States and Britain decided to close their embassies in the capital of Yemen because of continuing threats from Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, the terrorist group linked to the attempt to bring down an international flight into Detroit on Christmas.

Barack Obama adviser rejects 'global war on terror'

President Barack Obama's top counter-terrorism adviser has rejected the notion of a "global war on terror" arguing that it led to an obsessive focus on a tactic and suggested America was at war with the world.

 
Adviser: Obama urging 'more aggressive' fight against al Qaeda

President Obama's top counterterrorism adviser Thursday vowed the U.S. would defeat al Qaeda and declared the president has urged him to be more aggressive in destroying the terrorist organization.