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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBill Clinton Urges U.S. to Become More Involved in Syria
Bill Clinton Urges U.S. to Become More Involved in SyriaBy John McCormick - Jun 14, 2013 3:41 PM ET
Former President Bill Clinton applauded the White House decision to help Syrian rebels and said today the U.S. must do more to end the conflict.
Clinton spoke in a Bloomberg Television interview in Chicago a day after the U.S. made clear it would provide small arms and ammunition to the Syrian opposition amid battlefield setbacks by rebels. The move follows U.S. confirmation that forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad used chemical weapons in the civil war that began more than two years ago.
Former U.S. President Bill Clinton said he doesnt want to see troops sent to Syria, although he also wants more U.S. involvement there
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June 14 (Bloomberg) -- Former President Bill Clinton talks about the conflict in Syria and the U.S.'s response.
Clinton, speaking with Bloomberg's Trish Regan at the Clinton Global Initiative America meeting in Chicago on Bloomberg Television's "Bloomberg West," also discusses security leaks at the National Security Association, the repatriation of overseas profits and political divisions in Washington. (Source: Bloomberg)
President Barack Obama is authorizing lethal military aid to rebel groups under a classified order instructing the Central Intelligence Agency to arrange delivery of the weapons, according to a U.S. official familiar with the decision who asked not to be identified discussing the action.
I feel good about the announcement and I think we should wait and see what the details are, Clinton told Trish Regan of Bloomberg Television.
I dont think that we should send troops there, but I dont think we should stay where we are, he said. I think we should do more.
Earlier this week, Clinton said Obama should act more forcefully in Syria, where the fight has taken more than 90,000 lives and created more than 1.5 million refugees, according to United Nations estimates.
Government Leaks
Clinton, asked about Edward Snowden, who leaked information on top-secret U.S. government surveillance programs, said he saw few alternatives to the government using technology to learn about its enemies.
One of the big challenges of our 21st century world will be to try to provide some right to privacy without being naive about the need to use our ability to track electronic communications to try to prevent terrible things from happening in the United States and around the world, he said.
The Bloomberg interview took place on the second and final day of the annual Clinton Global Initiative America meeting, a gathering that attracted about 1,000 business, government and foundation leaders.
Hillary Clinton, the former first lady who served Obama as secretary of state until early this year, was the headline speaker yesterday. Later today, Bill Clinton will interview New Jersey Republican Governor Chris Christie on the topic of leadership.
Too Young
I think that only fixating on politics all the time gives us a form of national attention-deficit disorder, he said. We shouldnt just fixate on the next presidential election all the time. We need to take a little time off to work and think about what our country needs and think about what we can do together and think about what the parties can do together and think about how we can reach across these lines that divide us and make something good happen for America.
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Bill Clinton Urges U.S. to Become More Involved in Syria (Original Post)
KoKo
Jun 2013
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ucrdem
(15,512 posts)1. Thanks KoKo,
This is one of the things I really dislike about the Clintons.
rdharma
(6,057 posts)2. STFU, Big Dawg!
You ain't the "Big Dawg" any more!
Whisp
(24,096 posts)3. meddling ***** campaigning for his second 8 years.
fuck ya.