Anne W. Patterson: “The Middle East today is undergoing historic changes. Across the region, we are seeing unprecedented political ferment.”

There is no military solution, and the international community cannot afford a continuation of the status quo.

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

the overarching goal at this point is to change the calculus on the battlefield so that the Assad regime has an incentive to negotiate

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...