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May 14, 2013

Obama, Cameron Vow to Increase Pressure on Syrian Gov’t 
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President Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron are pledging to
work together to ramp up pressure against Syrian President Bashar
al-Assad. Obama spoke after a meeting with Cameron during the British
leader's visit to Washington.

President Obama: "Together we are going to continue our efforts to
increase pressure on the Assad regime, to provide humanitarian aid to
the long-suffering Syrian people, to strengthen the moderate opposition
and to prepare for a democratic Syria without (Bashar) al-Assad. And
that includes bringing together representatives of the regime and the
opposition in Geneva in the coming weeks to agree on a transitional
body, which would allow for a transfer of power from Assad to this
governing body."

 

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