Edward Markey actually said...

"The decision to exclude reporters from your trip falls into a broader pattern of efforts by the Trump administration to sideline and undermine the press."

"The bottom line here is, just to sum this up very quickly, Al Qaeda's core was never defeated."

"In your opinion, what is the chief sticking point? What is the chief sticking point to a negotiated settlement?"

"I think it will add to the grievance directly against the United States because it will not even be the coalition anymore."