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Obama Admin Debates Whether Assad Really Must Go
Mission: Creep
Now that the U.S. government and the Syrian regime are both fighting ISIS in Iraq, the faltering U.S. drive to topple the dictator is in even more peril.
Josh Rogin
Published
Jul. 3 2014
5:45AM EDT
Tomas Munita/The New York Times
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