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Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/01/AR2010110106306.html
U.S.: Syria Needs to Pressure Iran and Hizbullah
(Washington Post) Glenn Kessler - Syria needs to pressure Iran and Hizbullah to rein in their activities in Lebanon if it wants to rebuild relations with the U.S., Jeffrey D. Feltman, the assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern affairs, said in an interview. "Syria and the United States have taken some modest steps to see if we can improve the bilateral relationship. But this cannot go very far as long as Syria's friends are undermining stability in Lebanon. We have made that absolutely clear to the Syrians. There is a cost to the potential in our bilateral relationship to what Syria's friends are doing in Lebanon."