On the recordNovember 16, 2012
We absolutely do not think that they are at the end of the road; they're at the beginning of the road of a democratic transition.
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presidency.ucsb.eduBarack Obama: “We absolutely do not think that they are at the end of the road; they're at the beginning of the road of a democratic…”
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Press Gaggle by Press Secretary Jay Carney and Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications Ben Rhodes
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