Theodore Deutch actually said...

"Sanctions--many other governments are at this point contemplating whether or not to go back into Damascus, especially as we see what happens with Assad on the ground."

"We still have leadership with the Europeans and with international organizations to deny political recognition and international legitimacy to Assad and that still remains relevant today."

"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..."

"The reason the Syrian Study Group talked about needing to retain a U.S. military presence in that one-third of Syria was not only about completing the anti-ISIS fight."