Politics | Hillary Clinton Underscoring Its New Cachet, Clinton Drops In on Yemen Seeking to develop non-military relations By Polly Davis Doig Posted Jan 11, 2011 9:04 AM CST Copied Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton listens to the American ambassador at the US embassy in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Monday Jan. 10, 2011. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili) Hillary Clinton is in Yemen today on the first visit by a US secretary of state since the late '80s—underscoring the Arabian nation's new importance in the fight against al-Qaeda, reports the Wall Street Journal. "It's not enough to have military-to-military relations" between the two nations, Clinton said. "We need to try to broaden the dialogue." Her one-day visit will also focus on economic development and the preservation of natural resources. The US will send about $130 million in non-military aid this year; that figure was $17 million in 2008. Read These Next 11 people hurt in a "brutal act of violence" in Michigan. We knew Letterman would pipe up about Colbert eventually. A parent's nightmare, in a white cardboard box. The humans survived this flight; the deer on the ground didn't. Report an error