Chuck Hagel: “I think I've been very clear on that point all day today. You have described it accurately.”

Biden is a uniter. He's not a divider.

This is so unpredictable. And we've never seen anything quite like this in our lifetime, so there is no playbook here.

There's a perception that it is the military's responsibility to fix the problem. Problems are not fixed by militaries.

The President has said, many times, still strongly believes, that Assad has lost the legitimacy to govern his own people.