Barbara A. Leaf: “We are foursquare opposed to normalization. We do not think Assad merited an invitation to the Arab League.”

The brutal murder of Jamal Khashoggi was absolutely unacceptable.

The President's vision for a collaborative partnership with the countries of the Middle East comes in the wider context of a growing global challenge to our values of open societies and open economies.

The administration's commitment to reducing regional tensions, banking the fires of conflict, building deep partnerships based on an affirmative agenda, and demonstrating the value of a sustained partnership with the United States remains…

We are going to go for broke. We are going to try to get a larger extension of that and see if we can get other border points open as well.