Theodore Deutch actually said...
I agree, and on the issue of weaker States with more power, Ms. Stroul, how does providing Assad and Iran a freer hand in Syria undermine the Administration's maximum pressure policy that had been our policy and apparently continues to be, notwithstanding where we stand?
Context
Deutch questions the impact of U.S. policy on Assad and Iran's influence in Syria.
10/15/2019