Theodore Deutch actually said...

"give the Syrian people the peace that they deserve, the democracy that they deserve, the freedom that they deserve without Assad."

"if you are a dictator or a despot or a brutal regime anywhere in the world that violates human rights and supports terror, that for these past decades now... there is no one more committed to standing..."

"Syria is too important, and we have got to use every tool at our disposal to achieve an enduring defeat of ISIS."

"The President has been clear that we are prepared to remain in Syria until the enduring defeat of ISIS, and we remain focused on ensuring withdrawal of Iranian forces and their proxies."