Hard-pressed to survive in core strongholds, al Qaeda has staged a recovery
through growing affiliates in Yemen, Syria, Somalia, Iraq, and Mali. The fluid
composition of the terrorist group has created new trials for a US president who has
largely relegated his foreign policy to drone warfare, and looming automatic spending
cuts threaten to weaken US conventional capabilities. How should policymakers confront
a transformed al Qaeda threat? How can the United States combat al Qaeda fighters still
trying to make inroads into Afghanistan? Is the drone campaign succeeding? Sen. Saxby
Chambliss (R-GA), vice chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and
member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, will field these and other questions in
his keynote address. To register, please visit http://www.aei.org/events/2013/02/27/alqaeda-20-remarks-from-senator-saxby-chambliss/