the committee found--and here I am quoting--``a staffing crisis that poses perhaps the greatest threat to the agency.''
Yes, Chairman McCain, they are. As I indicated in my statement, we stand actually more resolutely on the strength of tha...
We have deprived Daesh of about 25 percent of the territory it once controlled in Syria and more than 50 percent of the ...
Our primary task is to defeat Daesh, which poses the most immediate threat to our citizens, to our country, to our allie...
The conflict continues to be fueled by patrons and proxies with very divergent interests.
The U.S. must provide more decisive leadership to protect the civilian population.
We will explore and... pursue every option to end the civil war in Syria.
The civil war has destroyed the fabric of life in Syria.
The civil war in Syria is not about us, nor can it be solved solely by us.
We have built an international coalition with 67 partners.
But this opportunity is matched by urgency.
Senator Cardin, I think you are exactly right that in a sense the harder questions are almost what follows the military ...
The humanitarian catastrophe... is a direct outgrowth of Assad's vengeance against his own people.
We will not fully succeed in destroying Daesh until we resolve the civil war in Syria.
This cannot be and, indeed, is not just a military effort.
We believe that the effort that we have made to reach this agreement with Russia was the best way to effectively move to...
Unless Russia takes immediate steps to end the assault on Aleppo... the United States will suspend U.S.-Russia bilateral...
We strongly support Prime Minister Abadi's leadership on reform and reconciliation.
