Gerry Connolly actually said...

I was more hopeful about the outcomes in Libya in terms of pluralism and respect for minority rights.

The jihadist element in the rebels that is extremely worrisome, and these are being supported, it is no secret, from the Gulf region.

I am not sure the intervention in Lebanon under the Ronald Reagan administration was such a wise policy in retrospect.

I share the chairman's concern about the fate of so many minority communities in the region.