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On the recordMay 6, 2013
The President has put in place a multifaceted approach designed, with our international partners, to strengthen moderate elements of the opposition and bring about the too-long-awaited political transition to democracy.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey outlines the President's strategy to support moderate Syrian opposition.

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