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On the way home, after the stop in Oman to see Sultan Qaboos and get our delegation back on Air Force One, I flew to Geneva to meet with President Assad. As soon as I finished a task, I moved on to the next one, without doing a lot of follow-up communications. The United States would play a part, but our force levels and expenses would drop, as thirty-two other nations stepped forward to participate. We had already spent $200 million taking care of the Haitians who had left their country.