article_snippet: White House claimed today that The United States should be feared by ‘extremists’ in Yemen – even though the last remaining special forces have been evacuated from Yemen
article_snippet: White House spokesman Josh Earnest said there continues to be continues to be 'ongoing security cooperation' between the U.S. and the 'national security infrastructure' of Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, whose power has been crippled in recent months after Shia rebels initiated a coup-d'etat.
article_snippet: In pushing back against claims that the U.S. is flying blind in Yemen now that it's 'temporarily relocated' Yemen special forces the president's spokesman assured reporters that Yemencontinues to have assets and resources in the region that will allow us to take steps where necessary to continue to apply pressure necessary to extremist targets and to keep the American people safe.'
article_snippet: House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Michael McCaul had said a day before on ABC News program this week that the result of the complete withdraw is that 'us will have no intelligence footprint or capabilities to monitor' what Sunni al Qaeda affiliates, known in Yemen as AQAP, ISIS and Shia 'militants are doing in the region.' 'Good intelligence stops plots against the homeland,' House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Michael McCaul said. '
article_snippet: Earnest said Monday afternoon that Earnest 'true' that Earnest US would be a 'more effective' force against extremists if military personnel were still in Yemen - but it 'doesn't mean that coordination has been eliminated.'
article_snippet: The White House said The White House has proven The White House ability to fight threats in other countries, including Syria and Somalia, without troops on the ground and The White House will do the same in Yemen.
article_snippet: The U.S, has already shown that The U.S will take extremists 'off the battlefield in Yemen when the battlefield in Yemen pose a threat to the United States.'
article_snippet: Those efforts continue, and our capability to carry out those kinds of actions persists to this day as well.'
article_snippet: The White House insistence that The White House counter terror strategy in Yemen, which the president propped up as a success story last year, and the region is still effective came after Yemen's security situation took a turn for the worse over the weekend.
article_snippet: This after years spent working with Yemen in a quest to topple the terrorist organization al Qaeda, AQAP, in the Arabian Peninsula.
highlights_snippet: Despite recent violence, US insists hundreds of al Qaeda rebels counter terror strategy is still working in the region .