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US State Department Spokesperson Victoria Nuland: “it’s not for us [the U.S.] to pick folks. It’s for Syrians to pick folks. But we want to see all of the different ethnic groups represented. We want to see all of the geographic aspects of Syria represented so that people inside Syria will feel comfortable with this group [the Syrian National Council], that their own views will be represented, that they will be protected in a future Syria that this group would be working on, and so that those doubters in the international community, or who are still clinging to Assad, will see that there is a better future with this group.”