10/21/2009
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"I hope we, the American people, will understand the value to our national security of supporting those democratic transitions."
"It is time for us to start thinking about the day after Assad."
"When I return to Syria in a couple days, I will continue through my actions and my presence to demonstrate solidarity with the Syrian people and our rejection of the regime's empty promises, senseless..."
"The message we are sending to the Syrian people is that this movement is a Syrian movement, and that the United States and the international community stand behind them in their aspiration for freedom..."