Barack Obama: “We need to come together behind a simple proposition that the Syrian…”

On the recordJuly 18, 2012

We need to come together behind a simple proposition that the Syrian President is waging a brutal, murderous campaign against his own people.

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Press Gaggle by Press Secretary Jay Carney

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