WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Dana Shell Smith, President Barack Obama's nominee to be ambassador to Qatar, said on Wednesday that the administration supported language in a Senate defence bill that would allow overt military training for the moderate Syrian opposition.
"It's my understanding that the administration does support the ... language in the (defence bill) to authorise training and equipment of the moderate opposition," Smith said during her Senate confirmation hearing.
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