Anne W. Patterson: “Let me stress that that is our goal, to get Assad out.”

We don't believe it is possible to have any sort of settlement there, either a political settlement or any military defeat of ISIL, without the departure of Assad.

I will forcefully defend our ally Israel from the troubling and continuing bias and targeting.

Iran is the world's foremost state sponsor of terrorism, including in Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon.

Iran is not open for business and the American government will do everything it possibly can to enforce these sanctions.