Gerry Connolly actually said...

I am not sure much is achieved by referring to the Turkish Government, a NATO ally... as a thug.

I'm sympathetic to the challenge that we face, and it's real.

By not having done so in a timely manner perhaps unwittingly we are actually expanding the proliferation threat.

I had a friend killed in one of our embassies in a terrorist attack because there was no setback.