Somebody said, well, he comes from a very tough background. I said, well, you know, I'm not that surprised. It's a tough part of the world. But I was very impressed by him. But We took the sanctions off because we want to give [Syria] a chance. They would never have had a chance without the sanctions. And one of the things we have with Iran is, you know, we have very. They call biting. (28:12–28:16)
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Asserts that sanctions were lifted from Syria to provide an opportunity for rebuilding.
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