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Source: http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2011/07/168027.htm
Clinton: Assad Is Not Indispensible
(State Department) Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Monday: "The United States strongly condemns Syria's failure to protect diplomatic facilities in Damascus, including the American and French embassies and our ambassador's residence....The Assad regime will not succeed in deflecting the world's attention from the real story unfolding in Syria...the legitimate aspirations of the Syrian people for dignity, universal rights, and the rule of law." "President Assad is not indispensible, and we have absolutely nothing invested in him remaining in power. Our goal is to see that the will of the Syrian people for a democratic transformation occurs."