MSNBCW The Reid Report September 8, 2014
Aeffect waited back then . I would say a couple things about that. The United States has been engaged in an effort to support them. We have been for some time. For more than a year, at least. Separately, the concern that was expressed by the administration at the time and has been its something thats been oft repeated is a concern that we didnt want to provide assistance to every individual who said that they were fighting bashar al assad. Had we done that without thoroughly vetting them and building the kind of relationship thats necessary to understand who were providing weapons to, we would...