Anne W. Patterson: “I will forcefully defend our ally Israel from the troubling and continuing bias and targeting.”

Let me stress that that is our goal, to get Assad out.

Certainly our European allies, our Gulf allies, and Turkey do see that. They are absolutely determined that he will not remain in power.

To protect U.S. interests amidst this volatility, we have to recognize and cope with the challenges that states across the region face.

I do not agree with that, Mr. Conyers, because I think what this would do--that suggests that the sources of these terrorist acts are countries like ours...