| The fractured, neglected relationship between the U.S. and Yemeni governments has come to the fore in recent weeks. Sudarsan Raghavan chronicles the many missteps made by both governments in addressing terror cells in Yemen since the bombing of the USS Cole by mainly Yemeni al-Qaeda militants in October of 2000. Back to the present, President Obama has associated al-Qaeda in Yemen to the failed airliner attack of Christmas Day; the U.S. closed its embassy in Yemen Sunday after receiving threats from al-Qaeda; British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said the U.S. and U.K. will begin a new initiative to focus on terror in Yemen and Somalia; and former FBI agent Ali Soufan gives his firsthand account of Yemeni terrorism since 2000. America's vast nuclear arsenal is under inspection by the Obama administration following the president's stated goal of reducing the world's stockpile of nuclear weapons. NPR takes a look into the National Counterterrorism Center, now under much scrutiny following intelligence-sharing failures that led to the failed Christmas day airliner attack. NCTC Director Mike Leiter speaks for the first time following the attempted attack. With Democrats in Congress almost sure to lose some ground in the 2010 -- barring unforseen events -- the AP runs through some of the most challenging races the party faces. But as Politico reports, House Republicans may not be able to capitalize on the political climate if fundraising efforts don't improve. The state of Montana quietly became the third state to allow physician-assisted suicides on Thursday. | 
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