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In light of the new threat of baal qaeda, we wanted to look at whether the terrorist group is getting stronger. listen to what president obama said about al qaeda back in october during his re-election campaign. >> i said we'd refocus on the terrorists who attacked us on 9/11 and we have. and today, a new tower rises above the new york skyline and al qaeda's on the path to defeat and osama bin laden is dead. >> let's bring in cnn security analyst peter bergen. peter, you heard the president say last fall that al qaeda was on the path to defeat but now you see this. is this a result of a reorga...