Ben Cardin actually said...

The United States, working with our coalition partners, need to be able to provide that type of a framework.

The magnitude of the crisis here demands U.S. leadership and attention.

My conversation with a lot of the players is that that will not bring peace to Syria.

The most important is that we stop the bloodshed, that we prioritize a cessation of hostilities or, better yet, a full-on ceasefire.