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Leslie Gelb

Accidental Diplomacy? Analyzing Kerry’s Off-the-Cuff Remark

President Barack Obama addressed the nation last night, renewing calls that something must be done to stop the regime of Bashar al-Assad from using chemical weapons again against the Syrian people. “When dictators commit atrocities, they depend upon the world to look the other way until those horrifying pictures fade from memory,” President Obama said […]

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