And the Saudis obviously were very much encouraging of this, but it's making a lot of people wary that he would meet with someone of this nature. Do you think that this is a positive step for US Foreign policy? The new leader [of Syria] is saying some of the right things, and that probably is worthy of some engagement. and even a conversation about lifting some of the sanctions over time. But you want to do this incrementally because, you know, I think that the main criticism I would … (19:42–19:49)
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