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U.S. Needs to Get Tougher with Syria
(Washington Post) Editorial - The Obama administration has finally recognized what the people of Syria have been making clear for the past four months: that President Bashar al-Assad "has lost legitimacy," as Secretary of State Hillary Clinton put it on Monday. Amb. Ford's mission to Hama was a demonstration that it is possible for the U.S. to help Syrians free themselves from the Assad dictatorship. The administration should also be working to step up economic pressure on the regime, which is highly vulnerable to a collapse of foreign revenue.