05/05/2009
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"Senator Lugar and I were part of several phone calls with the President from afar, and that consultation has continued even through yesterday."
"I think with large protests scheduled for tomorrow, it is essential that his officials, that the officials in Syria, refrain from using violence against their own people."
"We at least give them a fighting chance to oust a dictator with a long, strong history of terrorism."
"Over the last 9 days, as we all know, the United States has joined a robust international coalition and in my judgment and the judgment of many has averted a humanitarian catastrophe in Libya and sent..."