James Jeffrey: “You are always facing the possibility of something that approaches ethnic cleansing to essentially get borders shaped so…”

We do not turn to Russia to broker an agreement. We turn to the U.N. to do it.

What we got was a marginal product. It also does the job for 10 years of keeping them a year away from having a nuclear capability if they adhere to it.

We think that this regime needs to subject itself to the U.N. process, free and fair elections, a new constitution or at least a reformed constitution, and a nationwide cease-fire.

the U.S. will not tolerate, quote, 'an attack, period, and that any offensive is to us objectionable as a reckless escalation.'