Linda Thomas-Greenfield actually said...

"We think there should be a cessation of hostilities immediately and we're pushing at the same time but separately that the detainees be released."

"I think that would disappoint a lot of people who have spent most of their lives in South Sudan fighting for their freedom."

"I think both sides are equally guilty but we have been able to recently get some humanitarian flights into some of the northern areas where we were--the U.N. was blocked."

"What you're doing today is helpful. It lets the South Sudanese know that what is happening there has a tremendous interest across our Government."