Senate Proceeding on Apr 14th, 2011 :: 6:49:00 to 6:52:14
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Joseph Lieberman: a senator: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from connecticut is recognized. mr. lieberman: i thank the chair. madam president, it's coincidental but my remarks follow in a logical path from those of my friend and colleague from texas, particularly with regard to the questions, thoughtful questions he raised about syria, because i've come

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Speech By: Joseph Lieberman

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Joseph Lieberman: to the floor to speak about the historic and extraordinary events that are taking place in syria where for the past three weeks the syrian people have been peacefully and courageously taking to the streets of their cities. and i want to talk particularly

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Joseph Lieberman: about what may happen in syria in the next 24 hours. what's happening in syria is part of a broader story that's unfolding across the middle east, a democratic awakening in which millions of ordinary people are rising up against corrupt autocratic regimes that have ruled the region and

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Joseph Lieberman: suppressed these people for decades. but the strategic stakes in syria are among the highest anywhere in the region. in fact i'd say what happens in syria in the coming days will have far-reaching consequences for the future of the middle east and for our national security here in the united states.

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Joseph Lieberman: the upraoeugz in syria began like -- the uprising in syria began like those in tunesia. it rose from the people, not from outside. it began from the city of tkar are tkar -- city of dhara after a regime arrested a group of schoolchildren there, where the

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Joseph Lieberman: citizens of dhara began peacefully assembling to protest this absurd act of repression. the police responded by firing live ammunition into the crowd. rather than being intimidated by this violence, however, the protest movement persisted and spread. although the assad regime is

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Joseph Lieberman: trying desperately to prevent accurate information about what's happening inside syria from reaching the rest of the world, it is clear that people, people in many cities around the country are now in open revolt against the assad regime.

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Joseph Lieberman: from latakya, to elepo, to the curdish northeast to the villages along the mediterranean coastline, more and more syrians from diverse background are rising up and demanding their freedom. and what exactly are they asking for? it's the same basic demands we hear throughout the region, and they are very familiar -- should

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Joseph Lieberman: be -- to the american people because they are the very demands that energized and motivated our rebellion of the american revolution and the founding documents of our country. the people of syria want greater political freedom and they want economic opportunity. they want into the modern world. they want to be treated with

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Joseph Lieberman: respect by their government.