And that is a function of -- that is a result of his approach to this problem, the focus on al Qaeda that he felt had been lost in previous years when the focus was shifted from al Qaeda in Afghanistan and bin Laden onto Iraq.
Earlier in the evening, former presidential candidate Al Gore turned the focus to the environment, an issue that received little attention earlier in the week.
King predicted a "renewed focus" on al Qaeda when lawmakers return from their summer recess.
Dr Ahmed al-Saffar says the focus has been on the family while other lines of investigation had been dismissed.
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Bergen said that is most likely why al-Zawahiri chose to focus more than half of his latest message on Yemen and Somalia.
Our correspondent says the US president is likely to discuss the size of the force that remains, and whether they are there to fight the Taliban or shift their primary focus to tackling al-Qaeda.
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The BBC's Quentin Sommerville in Kabul says the US president is likely to discuss the size of the force that remains, and whether they are there to fight the Taliban or shift their primary focus to tackling al-Qaeda.
"Similarly, we will continue to focus on combating al Qaeda and other extremist groups, but we must do so with respect for the Iraqi Constitution and laws, and we must continue to treat all Iraqi citizens with the utmost dignity and honor, " Odierno wrote.
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Zalmay Khalilzad, the former U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan, to Iraq, and to the United Nations, said it's important for the United States to focus on Taliban and al Qaeda safe havens in the region.
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Indeed, Saudi Ministry of Labor spokesman Hattab Bin Salah Al-Anzi said Wednesday that the kingdom will focus instead on recruiting workers from "other sources, " according to the state-run Saudi Press Agency.
In the official Al-Ahram newspaper, Muhammad Jamal Hishmat calls on Egyptians to focus on the coming period.
Obama has maintained consistently that the Bush administration's single-minded focus on the war in Iraq was a diversion that allowed al-Qaida and the Taliban to regroup in Pakistan.
Even as General McChrystal is on his way here, I want everybody to keep in mind what our central focus is, and that is success in making sure that al Qaeda and its affiliates cannot attack the United States and its allies.
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"We do not want to disturb our players as they must focus totally on the final, " said Ahly team manager Hossam al-Badry.
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The focus of the inquiry will be on an incident last month in Khan al-Assal, Aleppo province.
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The Americans will still hunt the Taliban and al-Qaeda, while the British, the largest part of the new southern force, will focus on helping Afghan forces with security and long-term development.
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And the focus of that operation, of the U.S. personnel in Afghanistan, is on al Qaeda.
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