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King Abdullah II of Jordan is one of many world leaders who have taken advantage of an American education. (Associated Press)

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Syrian women pray during Laylat Al Qadr, the 27th day of the holy fasting month of Ramadan in font of the Syrian embassy in Amman, Jordan, Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2012. (AP photo/Mohammad Hannon)

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Riad Hijab, Syriaís defected former prime minister, speaks at a press conference at the Hyatt Hotel in Amman, Jordan, Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2012. Hijab is the highest-ranking political figure to defect from Assadís regime and in his first public comments since leaving his post and fleeing to Jordan he said Tuesday that the regime was near collapse and urged other political and military leaders to tip the scales and join the rebel side. (AP photo/Mohammad Hannon)

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This image made from amateur video released by the Shaam News Network and accessed Aug. 7, 2012, purports to show defected Prime Minister Riad Hijab (center) before leaving Syria en route to Jordan in Daraa, Syria. (Associated Press/Shaam News Network via AP video)

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A relative holds the body of a 6-year-old Syrian boy Bilal El-Lababidi during his funeral July 27, 2012, in Ramtha, Jordan. The boy was shot dead by Syrian army as his parents and a dozen other refugees tried to cross a border to seek refuge in Jordan, his mother said. (Associated Press)

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Hajiaj Ad Dustour, Amman, Jordan

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Jordanian Prime Minister-designate Fayez Tarawneh gives an interview on Thursday, April 26, 2012, in Amman, Jordan. (AP Photo/Raad Adayleh )

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Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta (left, with back to camera) greets Lt. Gen. Prince Feisal bin Hussein (center) and Lt. Gen. Mashal al-Zaben of Jordan on their arrival at the Pentagon on Thursday, Feb. 23, 2012. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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A Syrian boy chants slogans Feb. 20, 2012, during a rally demanding UNICEF to protect Syrian children in front of the UNICEF Compound in Amman, Jordan. (Associated Press)

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Jennifer Davila (left) embraces her son, Jordan, on Jan. 4, 2012, as he is escorted into a park near Cummings Middle School in Brownsville, Texas, after a fatal shooting at the school that morning. Officers summoned to the school shot and killed an eighth-grader after he ignored their order to drop a handgun he was brandishing and instead pointed it at them, police said. (Associated Press/The Brownsville Herald)

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"If Bashar has the interest of his country, he would step down, but he would also create an ability to reach out and start a new phase of Syrian political life." - Jordan's King Abdullah

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Syrians and Jordanians carry candles and posters depicting 18-year-old Zainab al-Hosni, believed to be the first woman to die in Syrian custody since the uprising began in mid-March, during a candlelight vigil in front the Syrian embassy in Amman, Jordan, on Oct. 3, 2011. (Associated Press)