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Rep. Lantos Lists Steps for Syria
(Jerusalem Post) Herb Keinon - U.S. Representative Tom Lantos (D-CA), the ranking Democrat on the House International Relations Committee, briefed Israeli leaders Monday on talks he held over the weekend with Syrian President Bashar Assad. Lantos said he told Assad the U.S. expects Syria to: close all the terrorist offices currently operating in Damascus; terminate all military assistance to Hizballah including arms coming from Iran; evacuate Syrian forces from Lebanon; let the Lebanese army deploy along the border with Israel; and release remaining Israeli POWs.