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Syrian Representative Discusses Assad's Speech

Robert Siegel talks with Bouthaina Shaaban, a spokeswoman for Syria's embattled President Bashar Assad. They discuss Assad's speech Monday.

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ROBERT SIEGEL, host: Bouthaina Shaaban is a political and media advisor to Syria's embattled president, and she joins us now from Damascus. Welcome to the program, Ms. Shaaban.

Ms. BOUTHAINA SHAABAN (Political and Media Advisor to President Bashar al-Assad): Thank you.

SIEGEL: First, reaction to President Assad's speech today from the State Department said - the U.S. said that President Bashar al-Assad has been making promises to his people for years. What's important now is action not words. Why, at this late date, are there not actions toward political reform?

Ms. SHAABAN: I think there were many actions taken since the (unintelligible) started. But I think today was a big day for Syria because the vision that were laid out today is a new vision, and it is coming out of the experience with the crisis.

So for the first time, the president called for a national dialogue to discuss political party law, to discuss electoral law, media law, to review and, if needed, rewrite the constitution. These are major decisions and major steps.