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Hadi cast his ballot early on Tuesday at a polling www.cheapguccioutlet2012.com center hastily improvised near his home in the capital Sanaa, after a bomb threat forced the authorities to shut the center where he was supposed to vote. Hadi says the vote is the "only way out of the crisis that has ravaged the country." THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP's earlier story is below. SANAA, Yemen (AP) — The man set to become Yemen's president is a soft-spoken technocrat who has good relations with the West and has avoided the limelight during his 18 years of loyal service to the outgoing autocrat. The U.S. has backed Vice President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi in hopes he can and will help fight the country's active al-Qaida branch. Many Yemenis support him too, considering him the best man to replace President Ali Abdullah Saleh and shepherd the Arab world's poorest country out of the year-old anti-government uprising that has battered the nation and left hundreds dead. Hadi is to be rubber-stamped as Yemen's new leader Tuesday in a vote that can hardly be called an election. He is the only candidate, and even those who go to the polls can't vote against him. Yemen has one of the world's most active al-Qaida branches and the U.S. has remained heavily involved in the leadership transition, fearing chaos and the collapse of military cooperation in the fight against the terror network. The U.S. gave Yemen's election commission more than $2 million for the vote, and President Barack Obama's top counterterrorism adviser, John Brennan, flew to Yemen over the weekend to meet with Hadi. "I am very encouraged by his comments. He is committed as well to destroying al-Qaida and I consider him a strong partner against terrorism," Brennan said Sunday. One newspaper ran Hadi's photo on its front page Monday under a headline: "The President Tomorrow." Gucci bracelet, cheap gucci bracelets for women outlet 2012. Even Obama sent him a letter this week, voicing his support. While highly respected by most Yemenis, few have any idea how Hadi — who has not appeared in public and given only one televised speech in recent months — will tackle the huge problems Yemen faces. Many just want Saleh to go. "We want to finish with the stage we are going through now," said driver Mohammed Abdul-Khaliq, 25, who had pasted posters of Hadi on the doors of his taxi. "Saleh is finished." The two men could hardly be more different. During his 33-year rule, Saleh dominated Yemeni politics, giving fierce speeches, exploiting tribal loyalties and using the threat of Islamic militancy to win support from the West. Hadi has remained behind the scenes, maintaining good relations with Saleh's enemies and avoiding the corruption accusation that have mired other officials. "He's not very flashy, he's not very well known, but he is considered a straight-shooter," said Les Campbell, Middle East and North Africa director for the Washington-based National Democratic Institute, who has met with Hadi many times, most recently in December, 2011. He said low-key approach could be a benefit after decades of Saleh's bombast. "Yemen had a very charismatic politician, so maybe it needs a period of time with someone who is in the background," he said. Hadi, now 66, served in the military of South Yemen, then an independent nation, before defecting to the north in 1986 after a civil war. The two countries united into the modern state in 1990, and Saleh made Hadi defense minister, then vice president, in 1994. Under Saleh, his role appeared small, as reflected in diplomatic memos released by Wikileaks. Gucci necklaces, gucci designer necklace sale for women. One 2009 cable said he had "little influence with the president with regards to decision-making" and was expected to "take orders from him and implement his decisions." This track record gives little indication of how he will govern.