James Jeffrey: “There is no doubt, including in the White House, that Iran is an extremely dangerous, expansionist force in the region.”

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.

We will press for the withdrawal of all Iranian forces from the entirety Syria.

If we do not play the kind of very costly and at times very difficult role that we play in the world, then you get a Syria; you get a law of the jungle in a very important area where you do have, as I said, five armies.

It was a mistake not to tell them before they learned about it from the media.