Somalia - Obama Presidency Oral History Back Somalia Index / Locations Transcripts Michael Morell ...in a very dangerous form; it's in Somalia , with great concerns about the Somal... Johnnie Carson ...concern. The deteriorating situation in Somalia was of concern as well. And we wer... ...those four years in places like Sudan, Somalia , elsewhere on the African continent... ...We did this for Sharif Sheikh in Somalia . We did it for Banda in Zambia. But w... ...in Guinea-Conakry, in Abidjan, in Somalia , where we had an effective leverage t... ...conflicts, in Sudan in particular and Somalia , were also appreciated. Yes, I don'... Kenneth Roth ...drone use in a place like Yemen or Somalia , where the US was not at war. And h... William McRaven ...to get the SEALs to off the coast of Somalia , in this case. So it was always bette... ...if we saw a target, for example, in Somalia , and we were under the impressio... Harold Hongju Koh ...were interested in taking over Somalia . They have no designs on the Unite... ...a lot of the low-level people in Somalia are people who were just disaffected. ... ...able to get jobs. So they go back to Somalia . And if they join al-Shabaab and figh... Leon Panetta ...of operations. You've got groups in Somalia that are developing their own approac... ...with Bill Clinton, who was drawn into Somalia and always regretted having gone int... ...and always regretted having gone into Somalia , and after that, really got involve... Esther Brimmer ...there was the issues related to Somalia , because the question was what sort o... Jim Messina ...is right after we had the pirates, the Somalia pirates deal [Maersk Alabam... Load more Transcripts Related Topics go to the Women and Girls Women and Girls go to the Republican Opposition Republican Opposition go to the Chicago Chicago go to the Counterterrorism Counterterrorism go to the Criminal Justice Criminal Justice