01/14/2009
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"At a minimum, let us do something that creates at least a safe haven."
"We must find ways to unilaterally and through our international partners expand significantly the assistance that is going to the Syrian people."
"We view that Bashar al-Assad must step aside as part of that political transition."
"I have met with the leadership. I met with military and civilian leadership, the Syrian opposition."