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Barack Obama: The argument that it's necessary to support and prop up Assad to avoid chaos and avoid violence is being refuted every…

On the recordJuly 18, 2012
The argument that it's necessary to support and prop up Assad to avoid chaos and avoid violence is being refuted every day by the chaos and violence that is engulfing that country.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Press Gaggle by Press Secretary Jay Carney

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