White House Press Briefing by Jay Carney, August 10, 2011

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 10, 2011 – 12:46 P.M. EDT

        MR. CARNEY:  Why don’t we start?  I don’t have any announcements to make at the top.

        Mr. Feller.

        Q    Thanks, Jay.  Three topics today — I’ll go quickly.  On Syria, does President Obama think that President Assad should step down?  And should we expect President Obama to explicitly address that this week?

        MR. CARNEY:  Ben, I can tell you a few things about…