James Jeffrey: “I think the Syrian people, when they marched in 2011, wanted the same thing, and they still want the same thing.”

This regime has used chemical weapons repeatedly.

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...

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

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