"We are working very hard to figure out the best way to provide the kind of vetting and end-use monitoring that would ensure that the assistance we provide goes to the people who are working toward a free, stable, and democratic and rights-respecting Syria."
"Well, you know, they say sunshine is the best disinfectant, and I think I concur with the chairman's."
"I think both regimes, in a way, they were mirror images of each other."
"There was a difference between the Ba'athist philosophy that governed both in Iraq and Syria with respect to minority rights."
"But let me ask you two questions. One is in making that recommendation to the United States Government..."
"This country is sick of war and does not want to be sucked into another one."
"Well, I was in Egypt before the revolution and after the revolution, and many of the same arguments could have been used about Egypt during the revolution."
"The jihadist element in the rebels that is extremely worrisome, and these are being supported, it is no secret, from the Gulf region."
"I wish the world were that black and white. I wish our choices were that simple. They are not."
"It seems to me that the United States must speak out about that to--and without doing something ham-handed, try to offer its protection to those minority communities."
"I mean, it is very clear that the United States' prestige and engagement around the world were badly damaged by 8 years of the previous administration."