Obama Says Syria’s Assad Must Leave

President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton today, for the first time, called upon Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down amid the violence that is currently wracking that country.
Obama Says Syria’s Assad Must Leave
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<a><img src="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/09/121249720.jpg" alt="President Obama on August 16, in Peosta, Iowa. Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called upon Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down on Thursday. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)" title="President Obama on August 16, in Peosta, Iowa. Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called upon Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down on Thursday. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)" width="320" class="size-medium wp-image-1799168"/></a>
President Obama on August 16, in Peosta, Iowa. Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called upon Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down on Thursday. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
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