John Brennan, President Obama's anti-terrorism advisor, said last month, "Yemen matters. The people of Yemen matter." But Brennan's statement leads to this key question: What matters to the people of Yemen?
For millions of Yemenis, the answer is simple: finding enough food to survive. About one third of the population struggles to access basic foods. Child malnutrition rates are among the highest in the world. Such a strain on the population only weakens their ability to resist the Al Qaeda threat in the country.
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