What Senator McCain has failed to note is that President Obama's administration actively tried against the wishes of his own party to maintain a residual force in Iraq and the sovereign government of Iraq refused to negotiate a status of forces agreement.
Jay Carney defends the Obama administration's efforts to maintain a military presence in Iraq despite opposition.
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But in the end, either Iraq is sovereign or it's not. Either we're an occupying force or we're an invited force.
The president's view is that we can take steps to keep guns out of the hands of people who should not have them under existing law. And that's his focus right now.
He is, when you have two four-star generals, highly respected, who served under you say so, I think that's disqualifying.
We absolutely categorically condemn the violence. We call on the Syrian regime to cease the violence. We are working with our partners internationally to put pressure on the Syrian regime to get it to cease. And we believe that it is clear…