03/10/2010
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"The premise of Geneva 1 was the transition of Bashar Assad from power and that is very unlikely."
"When you consider the humanitarian disaster... it is an apocalyptic disaster."
"The longer this goes on, really, and the more foreign fighters that go in, et cetera, et cetera, the more likely there is a greater and greater threat actually to the United States of America; would y..."
"President Assad remains unwilling to negotiate himself out of power."