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Share a common enemy in isil. we do believe there is a place for all nations to join in effort against isil. but, importantly, we need a concurrent effort to resolve the political situation in syria, an effort that involves assad leaving power. frankly, you re not going to have the stability you want in syria if 2/3, if not more of the country, is completely rejecting the leadership of a dictator brutalizing them. how many years ago did president obama first say assad must go? now, we re going to be working with vladimir putin if this works out to try to keep assad involved, at least during this diplomatic process, which could take years and years. the basic principles we main the same, which is, assad needs to go. that, again, by the way, is a realistic assessment of how to solve the situation. it s not just because we object to assad. it s because we believe that you can never have stability in that country with assad there. he s been a magnet for isil. ....

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