04/11/2016
https://www.congress.gov...
"If the Russians said we want you gone tomorrow, would it matter to Assad? Absolutely."
"So that means it is worse for us for him to stay and we not be able to achieve our policy."
"He told me he did not think he would be here in another year because there will be a million Syrian refugees and it is destabilizing Jordan."
"Iraq would just begin to fall apart at a faster rate--do you agree with that--because it is destabilizing the country?"