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before this. but actually, the decision by secretary clinton was to allow them to shutter the embassy and the rest of the staff got out we re told in a convoy over land to jordan. now, the reason the u.s. is doing this, they say, is that the government has refused the syrian government has refused to address its security concerns. and what were they? well, the embassy in damascus is located right off on a very busy street. and the u.s. says there was concern after some car bombs last month that perhaps there could be the embassy could be a target of al qaeda. that bombing, by the way, was linked to al qaeda. so they decided to do this. but obviously there was a lot of concern about whether they could get out. so that staff includes as i said the remaining staff, 17 people, plus the ambassador are now out. kyra? and sort of a bit of a coins d dense here? this is right after syria and russia blocked the resolution calling for president assad to be removed from offic ....

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