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Eliot Engel: “I was glad to read in today's cable blog that the Obama administration is moving to provide direct assistance to the…”

On the recordMarch 6, 2012
I was glad to read in today's cable blog that the Obama administration is moving to provide direct assistance to the internal opposition in Syria for the first time.
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Eliot Engel
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Engel supports U.S. assistance to Syrian opposition as a shift in policy.

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