02/02/2015
https://www.congress.gov...
"If I'm Assad, this is a good day for me, because the American government has just said, without saying it, that they're not going to fight to replace me."
"Most fathers and mothers don't want to give their daughters to ISIL."
"the average Syrian not only wants to destroy ISIL, but they're intent on destroying Assad because he's killed 250,000 of them."
"The likelihood of more money in the hands of this regime to me creates more possibility for destabilization unless they change their behavior."