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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad arrives to greet his French counterpart Nicolas Sarkozy in Damascus on September 3, 2008
Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2009

Open quoteThere is no substitute for the United States.Close quote

  • BASHAR AL-ASSAD,
  • Syrian President, on hopes that the U.S. will send an ambassador to Damascus as part of President Barack Obama's offer to engage in dialogue with countries the Bush Administration shunned
Photo: Louai Beshara / AFP / Getty Images | Source: The Guardian