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The United States is ramping up pressure against Kuwait and Qatar, two nations with a poor record in rooting out terror financiers, current and former government officials said Thursday. "We will step up our efforts with our allies around the world, particularly in the Gulf, to encourage more consistent and comprehensive counterterrorist financing efforts," said David Cohen, the U.S. Treasury Department's undersecretary for terrorism and financial intelligence, in a statement. Kuwait and Qatar, in particular, have become "permissive environments for extremist fundraising," said Cohen during a symposium in Washington, D.C. on the department's counterterrorism financing efforts since the Sept. 11...