I answer to no one except the Syrian people. Syrians aspire to peace, stability and to realizing their goals of freedom and political progress.
All of this complicates our efforts to facilitate a transition and promote the peace the Syrian people deserve. I encourage this council to maintain its vigilance on Syria, including on the question of accountability.
It’s the job of presidents and candidates to lead and articulate their vision for America’s role in the world. The world is a more dangerous place than it’s been since the end of the Cold War, and so I think the president should lead and I think candidates for the presidency should lead and talk about it, and I’m disappointed that there hasn’t been more.
We stand together with Israel which means of course that we share also the concern about the Iranian nuclear program. For us, any kind of nuclear option weapons in the hands of the Iranian government is not acceptable. For us nuclear arms in the hands of the Iranian government are not an optional we will not accept this.