We have had a mixed relationship with Syria over the years,

The Kashmir issue is essential to the relationship and can be resolved if all parties engage with a willingness to address their concerns in mutually acceptable ways, ... Issues must be resolved through peaceful political and diplomatic means, not through violence or reliance on force, but with determined respect for human rights.

When you decide to get involved in a military operation in a place like Syria, you've got to be prepared, as we learned from Iraq and Afghanistan, to become the government, and I'm not sure any country, either the United States or I don't hear of anyone else, who's willing to take on that responsibility.

independent Lebanon, a democratic Lebanon, with a good relationship with Syria.

They find all kinds of excuses, a thousand excuses -- 'There are spies on this team. We don't want this. When are sanctions going to be relieved and removed?' The issue is Iraqi noncompliance, and we should not allow them to move us off that issue.

you can't find actual germs on them.