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Tillerson: Assad needs to step down peacefully

Name: Tillerson: Assad needs to step down peacefully
Uploaded: 2017-04-12T16:47:01-0400
Duration: 4 min 29 s
Description: During a joint news conference with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov Wednesday, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson called on Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad to step down peacefully. CBS News White House and Senior Foreign Affairs Correspondent Margaret Brennan spoke to CBSN about what could come from Tillerson's call.

During a joint news conference with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov Wednesday, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson called on Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad to step down peacefully. CBS News White House and Senior Foreign Affairs Correspondent Margaret Brennan spoke to CBSN about what could come from Tillerson's call.