"... McCain and Lieberman were in Hatay province Tuesday and met with the leaders of the Free Syrian Army, General Mustafa al-Sheikh and Colonel Riad al-Asaad. They are the first members of Congress to meet the FSA leaders and to visit the border, and the senior-most U.S. officials to do so......
The senators were in Istanbul Monday, where they met with Burhan Ghalioun, the president of the Syrian National Council and other top opposition leaders. They also met with the recently defected Syrian deputy oil minister Abdo Hussameldin, with Turkish President Abdullah Gul, and with the recently recalled Turkish ambassador to Syria Omer Onhon.
In their statement, they repeated their call for foreign air power to suppress Assad's military and called on the U.S. administration to increase its activities to protect the Syria people...."
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where is the third war musketeer? Send them to the front line
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