Kerry Says U.S. Isn’t Wavering on Seeking Assad’s Ouster
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Secretary of State John Kerry said the U.S. isn’t softening its opposition to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad by making a deal that envisions his cooperation in securing and eliminating Syrian chemical weapons over the next nine months.
Speaking to reporters in Paris shortly before a United Nations report confirmed the use in Syria of the nerve agent sarin, Kerry said yesterday that there’s no conflict between sending international chemical-weapons experts to work with Assad’s regime and the “strategic goal” of ending his rule.