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Kerry, John F. - U.S. Senator, [D] Massachusetts
HAVE TO GO BACK THERE AT SOME POINT IN TIME. SENATOR CASEY WILL CHAIR AT THE POINT AT WHICH I WILL HAVE TO DO THAT. WE APPRECIATE EVERYBODY COMING...
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Lugar, Richard "Dick" G. - U.S. Senator, [R] Indiana
THE GROUND IN SYRIA WERE ESPECIALLY COURAGEOUS AND THEY DESERVE GREAT CREDIT FOR DOCUMENTING EVIDENCE OF THE SYRIAN GOVERNMENT'S AGGRESSION AGAINST...
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| 00:14:01 |
Feltman, Jeffrey D. - Assistant Secretary
DISCUSS THE CRISIS IN SYRIA. SINCE THAT TIME, OUR EUROPEAN FRIENDS HAVE JOINED US IN SANCTIONING THE CENTRAL BANK OF SYRIA IMPEDING THE FINANCING OF ...
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| 00:19:47 |
Kerry, John F. - U.S. Senator, [D] Massachusetts
SENATOR, MR. CHAIRMAN AND RANKING MEMBER LUGAR, SENATORS CASEY, CAR DEN,
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Ford, Robert - Ambassador
CORKER, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS INVITATION TO COME AND SPEAK TO THE COMMITTEE ABOUT SYRIA TODAY. I DON'T WANT TO DO A LONG OPENING STATEMENT...
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| 00:23:29 |
Feltman, Jeffrey D. - Assistant Secretary
PART OF THE REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY'S CALCULATION IS TO APPEAL TO, AS YOU TALKED ABOUT, SENATOR, THOSE PEOPLE WHO HAVEN'T YET MADE UP...
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| 00:24:40 |
Kerry, John F. - U.S. Senator, [D] Massachusetts
ARAB LEAGUE TAKING UNPRECEDENTED STEPS HERE. CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT AND WHAT THE POTENTIAL IS WITHIN THE ARAB WORLD ITSELF HERE. WHAT THE REACTIONS...
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| 00:27:55 |
Ford, Robert - Ambassador
ARE SEPARATE. THERE IS NOT A HIERARCHY BETWEEN THEM. THE SYRIAN NATIONAL COUNCIL HAS ITS OWN EXECUTIVE BODY AND A BROADER GENERAL ASSEMBLY. THE FREE...
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| 00:29:28 |
Lugar, Richard "Dick" G. - U.S. Senator, [R] Indiana
UP A HIGH PERCENTAGE OF THE INCOME OF THE GOVERNMENT. LIKEWISE, OTHER SANCTIONS AGAINST THE COUNTRY HAVE CAUSED WHAT SEEMED TO BE IN NORMAL TERMS AN...
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| 00:33:02 |
Feltman, Jeffrey D. - Assistant Secretary
TIPPING POINT. I DON'T KNOW WHEN THE TIPPING POINT IS GOING TO COME, AND WOULDN'T EVEN VENTURE A GUESS. I HOPE I DIDN'T MAKE IT SOUND AS IF IT WAS COMING...
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| 00:41:53 |
Kerry, John F. - U.S. Senator, [D] Massachusetts
YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. MR. SECRETARY, CAN YOU TALK TO US ABOUT WHAT MEASURES ARE BEING TAKEN TO ENCOURAGE THE RUSSIANS AND CHINESE TO REMOVE THEIR OBJECTION...
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| 00:42:04 |
Menendez, Robert "Bob" - U.S. Senator, [D] New Jersey
SECURITY COUNCIL? AND IN THAT REGARD, AS YOU ANSWER THAT, ARE YOU, THE STATE, THAT IS, CONSULTING WITH TREASURY ON THE POSSIBILITY OF DESIGNATING...
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| 00:43:17 |
Feltman, Jeffrey D. - Assistant Secretary
OF ANYWAY FORWARD IN SYRIA WHICH IS WHAT IS THE ROLE OF RUSSIA. I HAVE TO ADMIT FROM THE OUTSET I'M NOT A RUSSIA EXPERT. I DEFER TO THOSE IN THE...
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| 00:50:27 |
Risch, James "Jim" E. - U.S. Senator, [R] Idaho
IS A VERY FAIR QUESTION. IT IS A VERY FAIR QUESTION. IT IS A SAD TRUTH THAT NOT ONLY IN SYRIA BUT IN MANY COUNTRIES IN THAT REGION, THERE IS NO HISTORY...
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| 00:50:43 |
Ford, Robert - Ambassador
HISTORICAL REALITY. WHAT I WOULD SAY IS JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS ON THIS -- ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I HAVE LEARNED FROM THE ARAB SPRING, WHICH IS REALLY...
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| 00:55:33 |
Cardin, Benjamin "Ben" L. - U.S. Senator, [D] Maryland
NOT SURVIVE. THE CHALLENGE, THOUGH, IS THAT UNTIL THAT HAPPENS, THE HUMANITARIAN DISASTERS WILL ONLY GET WORSE. SO HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE GOING TO LOSE...
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| 00:56:54 |
Feltman, Jeffrey D. - Assistant Secretary
TOGETHER? WITH OUR PARTNERS IN THE REGION AND BEYOND. AND WHAT WE CAN DO TOGETHER QUESTION, I THINK IS THE MORE IMPORTANT ONE. PARTICULARLY BECAUSE,...
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| 01:02:27 |
Rubio, Marco - U.S. Senator, [R] Florida
COUNTRY AND FOR THIS CAUSE. A QUICK QUESTION BEFORE I GET TO THE BIGGER ONE. THIS IS FOR YOU SECRETARY FELTMAN, I DON'T EXPECT YOU TO KNOW THE ANSWER...
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| 01:02:59 |
Feltman, Jeffrey D. - Assistant Secretary
THAT SLAUGHTER INCIDENT SYRIANS. SO IT'S MORALLY WRONG BUT NOT LEGALLY WRONG. BUT IT'S NOT -- BUT IT ALSO ISN'T THE SAME AS WHAT SYRIA HAD BEFORE...
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| 01:08:05 |
Ford, Robert - Ambassador
THEY BURN CHINESE FLAGS. THEY BURN HEZBOLLAH FLAGS. THAT TELLS YOU WHAT THEY THINK. FRANKLY, FROM OUR STRATEGIC INTERESTS, THAT'S A GOOD THING, I THINK,...
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| 01:10:02 |
Casey, Bob - U.S. Senator, [D] Pennsylvania
GRATEFUL FOR YOUR SERVICE IN SO MANY ASSIGNMENTS, BUT ESPECIALLY UNDER THE HORRIFIC CIRCUMSTANCES YOU'VE HAD TO FACE AND WE'RE GRATEFUL YOU'RE WITH...
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| 01:13:28 |
Feltman, Jeffrey D. - Assistant Secretary
ON HUMANITARIAN ISSUES FELL INTO TWO CATEGORIES. FIRST, HOW DO WE HELP THOSE COUNTRIES AROUND SYRIA THAT ARE HOSTING SEARYRIANS WHO HAVE FLED HER COUNTRY....
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Corker, Bob - U.S. Senator, [R] Tennessee
WE'RE MOVING INTO A POSITION WHERE MILITARY CONFLICT IS GOING TO BE WEIGHED AND I CAN'T IMAGINE WHY WE'RE NOT HAVING A HEARING ON IRAN BOTH CLASSIFIED...
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| 01:19:04 |
Ford, Robert - Ambassador
ARE COMPETING VISIONS WITHIN THE SYRIAN OPPOSITION. THERE IS AN ISLAMIST ELEMENT, FOR EXAMPLE, AS CONTRASTED TO A SECULAR ELEMENT. AND THAT'S WHY I SPOKE...
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Alawite, -
JOIN THE LARGER, THE PROTEST MOVEMENT ITSELF. I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU HEARD IN THE BRIEFING YESTERDAY, BUT LET ME JUST SAY FROM DIRECT FIRSTHAND EXPERIENCE,...
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| 01:26:07 |
Webb, James "Jim" H. - U.S. Senator, [D] Virginia
THIS NOTION OF AFTERWARDS, WHICH YOU MENTIONED SEVERAL TIMES TODAY. WHAT EXACTLY IS THE " "AFTERWARDS"? WHAT IT COULD POTENTIALLY BE AND WHAT WOULD...
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| 01:29:42 |
Feltman, Jeffrey D. - Assistant Secretary
BUT WE HAVE TO BE MODEST ABOUT HOW MUCH INFLUENCE WE CAN PLAY IN HELPING TO DETERMINE THOSE OUTCOMES, AND SO YOU PUT YOUR FINGER ON A BIG, YOU KNOW, A...
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| 01:32:36 |
Udall, Mark - U.S. Senator, [D] Colorado
OTHER SENATORS COME IN. THERE ARE REPORTS THAT SAUDI ARABIA AND QATAR MAY BE PLANNING TO ARM THE REBELS IN SYRIA, AND -- OR MAY HAVE ALREADY BEGUN...
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| 01:33:34 |
Feltman, Jeffrey D. - Assistant Secretary
HIMSELF HAS SET. SO WE'RE VERY CAUTIOUS ABOUT THIS WHOLE -- THIS WHOLE AREA OF QUESTIONING, AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE WORKED WITH THIS INTERNATIONAL CONSENSUS...
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| 01:35:08 |
Ford, Robert - Ambassador
EARNEST DESIRE, THE NEED, FOR PEOPLE UNDER SIEGE IN A PLACE LIKE HOMS OR IN A PLACE LIKE DAE WHEN THEY'RE HOMES ARE BEING ATTACKED. WE UNDERSTAND THAT....
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| 01:37:04 |
Udall, Tom - U.S. Senator, [D] New Mexico
OF MASS DESTRUCTION AND WHAT'S HAPPENING IN SYRIA IF AND WHEN THE ASSAD REGIME FALLS. ARE WE CONSIDERING AND MAKING PLANS REGARDING HOW TO ACCOUNT FOR...
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| 01:37:38 |
Feltman, Jeffrey D. - Assistant Secretary
EUROPE AND ELSEWHERE. SEAR DIA SYRIA IS NOT A SIGNATORY OF THE WEAPONS CONVENTION. IT'S A REMINDER OF THE DESTABILIZING ROLE SYRIA HAS PLAYED OVER THE...
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