Theodore Deutch actually said...

"we still have leadership with the Europeans and with international organizations to deny political recognition and international legitimacy to Assad"

"how does providing Assad and Iran a freer hand in Syria undermine the Administration's maximum pressure policy"

"I think it is very important then to have this transparency and this humanitarian access because I do not think anything good is going to come from this--anything at all."

"the risks of secondary sanctions and what it means to materially support the Assad regime"