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Archive Home > 2013 > February > 08 > Panetta: Pentagon backed sending arms to Syrian rebels

Panetta: Pentagon backed sending arms to Syrian rebels

By Michael R. Gordon / The Bulletin
February 8, 2013

WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Leon Panetta told Congress on Thursday that the Pentagon had supported a plan to arm Syrian rebels that was developed last year by David Petraeus, the CIA director at the time, and backed by Hillary Clinton, who was then serving as secretary of state.

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