Jay Carney: “We've had an unprecedented level of obstruction when it comes to the confirmation -- often confirmation of routine…”

I think that overall nobody is doubting the fact that this is his administration and this underestimating of ISIS and overestimating of Iraqi security forces is on the administration's watch.

There are no options we're taking off the table. But what we're focused on are the options that we can take to affect the situation in the near term.

Sergeant Bergdahl was held as a prisoner in an armed conflict, one that's been going on for more than a dozen years, has a general principle going back all the way to our founding. The United States military does not leave its men and…

We absolutely, categorically condemn the violence. We call on the Syrian regime to cease the violence. We are working with our partners internationally to put pressure on the Syrian regime to get it to cease. And we believe that it is…