Stephen J. Hadley: “I think it is important both as a symbol of a national commitment to deal with this problem, but it is also important to…”

We need to show them that the American political and economic system works; we need to overcome our political gridlock;

We need to show that our politics can actually, on a bipartisan basis, solve some of the problems we face.

What I am troubled by is that if we make ultimately an accommodation with Assad, we send the message to the world that if you are brutal enough with your own people and kill enough of them, the international community will let you stay in…

We need to expose that, and then we need to push back by exporting truth.