Obama advisor Susan Rice hints at ‘lethal’ aid to Syrian rebels
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Obama advisor Susan Rice hints at lethal aid to Syrian rebels
By Agence France-Presse
Friday, June 6, 2014 12:01 EDT
President Barack Obamas top foreign policy advisor Susan Rice on Friday said Washington was providing lethal and non-lethal support to select members of the Syrian opposition, offering more detail than usual on US assistance.
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But President Barack Obama said in a major foreign policy speech last week that the United States would ramp up support for rebels fighting President Bashar al-Assad.
National Security Advisor Susan Rice said in an interview with CNN while she was traveling with Obama to D-Day 70th anniversary celebrations in Normandy that she was heartbroken about the carnage in Syrias civil war.
Thats why the United States has ramped up its support for the moderate vetted opposition, providing lethal and non-lethal support where we can to support both the civilian opposition and the military opposition.