12/17/2013
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"The opposition's ability to come together, because of the Turkish facilitation, is a tremendous accomplishment."
"There is the risk to the freedoms and liberties of the people in the country and the danger to the rest of the world if these countries turn into some facsimile of Iran."
"opening statement"
"We have an extraordinary opportunity--we and the world--to take this historic moment and nudge it, push it, do whatever we can to have it move in the right direction of a flowering of democracy."