James Jeffrey

We do not turn to Russia to broker an agreement. We turn to the U.N. to do it.

This is a brutal dictator. He should be held accountable for his crimes.

It has been American leadership through two Administrations. It has been an 80-country, an organization coalition, a true international effort.

What kind of message does that send and why would anybody want to be our allies in the future?

If the regime and its sponsors do not accept this path forward, we, aligned with much of the international community, will continue the very broad economic and diplomatic pressure on this regime.

Our top-line goal for a Syria that we and the international community can live with is one that does not support terror...

We will press for the withdrawal of all Iranian forces from the entirety Syria.

This regime has used chemical weapons repeatedly.

Our bottom line is this conflict must end and it must end now.

I think the Syrian people, when they marched in 2011, wanted the same thing, and they still want the same thing.

We are the leaders, the beacon on the hill, you know, the shining light.

We would much prefer to pursue the positive agenda of deescalation and political reinvigoration I just described, but we are prepared to maintain our policy of pressure...