CNN The Situation Room September 3, 2013 21:09:00
Committee that the administration does not see a protracted stalemate and conflict in syria as somehow a good thing or a goal of u.s. policy? >> the goal of u.s. policy is not a stalemate, the goal is a negotiated solution, which results if the departure of assad and the free choice of the syrian people for their future. >> and finally, i would like to ask again, if, if we reject this resolution doesn't it send a seriously bad message to our friends and allies alike? encourages our allies -- our enemies and would dispirit our friends, particularly those fighting in syria, but also around the w...