Iraq Was A War Of Choice, Like

I Don't Think It's A Matter Of Going Back And Having A Review Of Our Process. Our Process Is About As Thorough As There Can Be. Is It Imperfect? Yes. Is There Risk? Yes, But We Start With The Fact That We Have An American That's Being Held Hostage And That American's Life Is In Danger And That's Where We Start. And Then We Proceed From There.

Engagement Is Not Appeasement. Engagement Is Not Surrender.

Foreign Policy Is All About A Universe Of Bad Decisions, Imperfect Decisions; Every Situation Is Different. The Dynamics, The Atmospherics, The People, The Pressures, The Geopolitical Realities Shift.

This Is Eventually How Syria Will Be Resolved - Through A Political Settlement.

There Has To Be A Reason And Objective (to Air Strikes). What Does It Do To Move The Effort Down The Road For A Political Conversation?