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I'm Sarah McCammon, I cover politics.
I'm Greg Myri.
I cover national security.
And I'm Mara Liasson, senior national political correspondent.
Today on the show, we're taking a look at the major changes in recent days in Syria and what those events mean for US Foreign policy as a new administration prepares to take office in Washington.
Greg, let's start with the big news of the weekend.
Bashar al Assad, the country's longtime leader, has been deposed.
What happened and why did this happen now after so many years of civil war?
Yeah, it was quite shocking.