Obama to Call for Assad to Step Down, Official Says - NYTimes.com
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WASHINGTON — President Obama called on Thursday for the Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad, to leave power, and issued a new executive order providing for additional sanctions. It is the first time the United States has explicitly called for Mr. Assad’s departure from power.
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“For the sake of the Syrian people, the time has come for President Assad to step aside,” Mr. Obama says in the statement issued by the White House.
The actions come in response to the deadly crackdown Syrian forces have been waging against pro-democracy protesters across the country. [read more at link]
I will be holding my breath!
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