Fox News – President Obama, in his first major address tackling the uprisings in the Middle East, plans to take a carrot-and-stick approach as the Arab Spring turns to summer and protesters’ demands across the region are met with repression.

After sending U.S. forces into Libya two months ago to halt strongman Muammar al-Qaddafi’s advances against his people, the Obama administration sent a message Wednesday to Syrian President Bashar Assad by slapping him and top officials in Damascus with financial sanctions over his regime’s brutal crackdown.

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