If you wish to be the actual president of Syria, you have a number one top priority, which is to ensure the safety of all your citizens, be they Alawites, Druze, Christians, or Kurds. That is your number one job. We are working to try and make Damascus better at doing counterterrorism. because my boss, the acting National Security Advisor, Marco Rubio, because I've lived this, I don't want to get another email from him in the early morning saying, why did another massacre happen in Syria? (34:26–34:34)
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