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Ken Menkhaus discusses that terrorism in Somalia could be a domestic problem for President Barack Obama, but he shouldn't treat it like one.
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As Hillary Clinton was holding talks with Somali President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed today in Nairobi, Kenya — Mogadishu being far too dangerous for a U.S. secretary of state to visit — Somalia itself stood once again at a violent crossroads.
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