US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks to reporters during a joint press availability with Haitian Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe July 24, 2012 at the State Department in Washington, DC. Clinton insisted Tuesday there was still time for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to hand over power, stressing the pace of events in Syria was speeding up. "We do believe that it is not too late for the Assad regime to commence with planning for a transition to find a way that ends the violence," she told reporters, adding that things were "accelerating inside Syria." AFP PHOTO/ Karen BLEIER (Photo credit should read KAREN BLEIER/AFP via Getty Images)
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