Barack Obama: “Bashar al-Assad has lost all legitimacy to rule Syria and has no place…”

On the recordMay 12, 2014

Bashar al-Assad has lost all legitimacy to rule Syria and has no place in Syria's future.

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Democratic · Illinois

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Readout of National Security Advisor Susan E. Rice's Meeting with Syrian Opposition Coalition President Ahmad Jarba

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