12/09/2013
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"And since Iran and Russia have signed on to the idea of this political transition expressed in the Geneva Communique of 2012, we have to put that to the test."
"We believe it cannot happen except without Assad."
"But I will tell you that massive amount of effort now is getting to the Kurds."
"The alternative is that the war gets worse, that Syria might be totally destroyed, not able to be put back together again."