03/15/2011
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"I can make it crystal clear to you that Israel will be less safe unless the United States takes this action."
"If the United States of America does not hold him accountable on this with our allies and friends, it is a guarantee Assad will do it again--a guarantee--and I urge you to go to the classified briefin..."
"Our goal is a peaceful political transition that results in Asad's departure and the establishment of a representative and legitimate government that represents the will of all Syrians."
"The indiscriminate and large-scale use of chemical weapons by the regime on August 21 violates clearly established international norms against the use of chemical weapons and the law of war."