<blockquote>'.."Real power means you can get what you want without having to exert violence."
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Regarding Iran and Saudi Arabia, whose rivalry has helped fuel the war in Syria and violence elsewhere in the Middle East, Obama said that their competition "requires us to say to our friends, as well as to the Iranians, that they need to find an effective way to share the neighborhood and institute some sort of cold peace."
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On Libya, Obama said that the NATO intervention in 2011 "didn't work," and that he had wrongly concluded that Britain and France would carry more of the burden of the military operation.
"What has been a habit over the last several decades in these circumstances is people pushing us to act but then showing an unwillingness to put any skin in the game," Obama said.'
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Obama: Ukraine 'Vulnerable' To Russian 'Military Domination' No Matter What U.S. Does, March 12, 2016</blockquote>
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'..Syrian elections for 2017.' - '..federal division in Syria that would grant broad autonomy to regional authorities..''America must lead, but mainly by example .. Most importantly, invest the savings to build a secure, dynamic, and prosperous America that others want to emulate.'</blockquote>