QUESTION: Madam Secretary, Mr. Minister, I’d like to ask you on the Syria sanctions that President Obama issued today, although there were some members of President Asad’s family and the intelligence community that were named, President Asad himself wasn’t named. And if, in fact, as the United States attests, that he is a dictator and has absolute rule in the country, how can he not be personally held responsible for the human rights abuses in his country?...
SECRETARY CLINTON: Elise, ... ... .... The violence must end immediately, and we are conveying that both bilaterally and multilaterally to make it absolutely clear what is expected of the government. I welcome today’s action in the Human Rights Council condemning the Government of Syria for its violent crackdown.... "
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