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Obama Choice for Syria Envoy Seeks "Straight Talk"


(Bloomberg-Business Week) Peter S. Green - The U.S. needs to deliver "straight talk" to the Syrian leadership on stabilizing Iraq and cutting links to Hizbullah in Lebanon, President Obama's nominee for ambassador to Damascus Robert Ford, a career diplomat, told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Tuesday. Ford said Syria should shut down remaining foreign fighter networks feeding militants into Iraq. He would tell Syria it must cooperate with international nuclear inspectors and that U.S. sanctions won't be dropped unless Syria stops supporting Hizbullah in Lebanon and arming it with rockets and other weapons used against Israel.
2010-03-19 10:21:15
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