Barack Obama actually said...

I call upon the Syrian authorities to refrain from any further violence against peaceful protestors.

Wanda Felton, of New York, to be First Vice President of the Export-Import Bank of the United States for a term expiring January 20, 2013, v...

These rights are universal, and they must be respected in Syria.

I strongly condemn the abhorrent violence committed against peaceful protesters by the Syrian Government today and over the past few weeks.