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Obama calls on Syrian leader to resign

By Hayley Peterson
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Obama calls on Syrian leader to resign

With the death toll in Syria mounting after five months of bloody anti-government protests, President Obama on Thursday called for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down from power.

“For the sake of the Syrian people, the time has come for President Assad to step aside,” Obama said in a written statement.

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