John McCain actually said...

Our intention and our effort was to find out if there were any breaches or possible evidence of breaches of national security.

The United States has provided roughly $1.5 billion a year for about 3 decades to the Egyptian Government under Mubarak.

the effects of sequestration in his words would be catastrophic and damaging to our national security.

The only practical effect that the Annan Plan is having at this point is to provide diplomatic cover for Assad to kill more people.