mr. assad's calculus. as long as he believes that there are no real consequences for his actions, he will continue to defy the u.n. security council? as such, and because of this, i've sent a letter to president obama today which asked him to consider some next steps. madam president, i would ask consent that my letter to the president dated today be added to the record. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. casey: thank you, madam president. let me outline some of the things that i set forth in the letter. first, i asked that the president seriously consider allowing the deployment of lethal assistance to the moderate military opposition. a serious effort to help narrow the gulf between the moderate opposition and the better-trained and better-equipped extremist fighters would not only boost morale in the free syria army but could actually change the momentum of the battle. yesterday president jarva expressed his commitment to continuing to fight extremist forces. he made that commitment to me, an

inside syria, we are confronted with the inhumane cruelty of mr. assad and his forces every day. we've seen evidence of the systematic abuse, torture, starvation, and killing of approximately 100,000 detainees in what clearly amounts to war crimes and crimes against humanity. the united nations has detailed the further arrests, detention, torture, and sexual abuse of thousands of children by government forces. human rights watch has documented how syrian authorities have deliberately used explosives and bulldozers to demolish entire neighborhoods for no military reason whatsoever, just as a form of collective punishment of syrian civilians. the united nations has also documented the toll of the syrian government's airstrike campaign, and in particular the regimes use of crude cluster munitions that have become known as barrel bombs. their sole purpose is to maim, kill, and terrorize as many civilians as possible when indiscriminately dropped on schools, bakeries and mosques. worse yet, evidence is piling up that assad's forces have been equipping these barrel bombs with chlorine

mr. obama's national security team advised him to do that. he was reluctant. he wanted to keep america out of it. he thought that assadld fall anyway or lead a peace effort which has failed so far. i think mr. obama made a mistake at that point. it was an understandable mistake, but look what we have. two more years of conflict. assad is winning. al qaeda is rising. we have to take a new approach. we have to be more helpful to the resistance. it doesn't mean american boots on the ground. >> final question, can america maintain the most powerful country on the globe in the path of we will fund you and provide military intelligence, but the burden is on you. >> i think we are doing just fine. we don't take that idea too far. we don't make that the only concept. in the asia pacific, it is american military power that is reinvigorated not with the intention of fighting china, of course, but condition china as it rises and to make sure any kind of chinese role in the region is peaceful because we will push back if need be with forces. not just through the help we provide to allies. >> thank you so much for being here. i ap

mr. obama does finally commit to strong action when he threatened tyrant in assad.lt some of the people working under him do not fear accountability this phoenix v.a. situation is so bad the fbi should be involved 14 v.a. medical people are making more than $300,000 each every year. and they may have cooked the books to protect those huge salary. as sean hannity said on the radio today that's a fine. knew the shinseki and the president weren't paying liesy with telling about how long veterans have to wait for medical care. talking points admits that kind of deception is going on all over the federal government. no one was held available for the benghazi mess except the whistle blow except lois lerner forced to resign after taking the fifth. no one was held account forjj fast and use lost. and the president d. dithers. he dithers about replacing incompetent leaders like shinseki. that's weak leadership. if you are a strong leader you can expect to be called the following a bully unreasonable. many other names. if you are a woman leader you will be called the "b" word

all of these factors, as well as external forces such as assad and possibly iran, who do not mr. will use of venues of provocation and destabilization to make sure they put enough doubt into constituents' minds rdogan might not be a good choice. between now and august, we will see a lot of propaganda in turkey. >> as we showed at the beginning of this interview, the currency has recovered of the last couple months. the bond markets are stabilized. you are talking about all hell breaking loose. how bad will the reaction be on international markets as a result? >> the market and economic reaction should be separated. the universe on -- at large is largely conditional on what janet yellen and mario draghi do. it has little to do with turkey's fundamentals or politics. the economy is suffering. very slow and long term damage. some of your colleagues might remember two years ago turkey was the mena darling of startups rnet media protests. most young people have been arrested in the gezi protests and have been discouraged from the public life. in terms of megaprojects or infrastructure

mr. obama's speech brought distracter on the right and left saying that it comes with squishy lines and with little effect. some would like to see an airstrike against syria after bashar al-assad gassed civilians last year and crossed the president's own red lines. >> i made a decision that we should not put american troops in the middle of this increasingly sectarian war. i believe that is the right decision. >> reporter: others complain that a lack of potent military support has let the situation boil out of control to assad 's benefit. the president said he'll run for re-election next month. and distracters to russian president vladimir putin and ukraine, and obama's repeated warnings are not an effective deterrent. president obama strongly rejected that notion. >> our ability to shape world opinion helped to isolate russia right away. the world immediately condemned russian action, and this served as a cut away to russian propaganda and russian troops on the border and armed militias in ski masks. but standing with our allies on behalf of international wor order, has give the ukrainian people to choose their future. without us firing a shot. >> reporter: the president's sp

mr jaaba and who is he meeting with at the white house. >> fully years ago president obama first, after some hesitation, called for the ouster of bashar al-assadsince that time it's been one bad news after the next. bashar al-assad's forces have the upper hand on the battlefield as well. allegations from human rights watch and others that there has been a series of barrel bomb attacks. homs has been turned back to bashar al-assad. the humanitarian crisis, ghastly as it may be continues, and the geneva petitions process appears to have fallen apart. against the backdrop the president comes to washington. he's been with a week, met with secretary of state john kerry publicly last week. today more hush, hush. a scheduled meeting with the national security advisor, susan rirks the white house -- susan rice, the white house letting it know that president obama may drop by, all informal, not high profile. and some press officers telling me moments ago that - susan rice's press officers saying they expect a read-out of the meeting later today. >> what does he hope to get from the obama administration at this point? >> that's a great question, and the

assad is gearing up to get elected to another seven year term. israeli-palestinian talks collapsed. china is rampant in the south china and east china sea and mr.utin, what we just saw was afrpg la america wi angela merkel drew another red line. if you interfere with the presidential election there will be terrible consequences. we'll see if this red line fares better than the others have. >> let's do same tour of the horizon with you. when you look at iran and syria and ukraine and the breakdown it appears of the middle east peace talks, is this president sending a message of strength and u.s. resol snf. >> american leadership is independeni indispensable. we should lead in part to the world where our leadership is needed. i hear it all the time when i travel around. i think in the case of ukraine, it's good that we have had talked about sectoral sanctions. i think we ought to do them now. i think that would deter putin. >> what the administration has been doing up to this point are targeted sanctions against individuals or against individual banks or institutions. sectoral sanctions are sanctions against the entire energy sector or the entire

said they're going to continue talking with mr brahimi one of the main sticking points is that the opposition continues pressing on. president assad to step down while the authorities are saying that first there . stop the violence. in the country and then hold nationwide elections with anyone willing. for the syrian people to decide the country's political future so clearly they're not on the same page when it comes to. the talks are going to continue at least with. the end of the day hopefully we'll find out if they'll bring any results. seem to be easy to find a common denominator thank you for bringing us the latest from geneva. i don't how war activist brian becker believes the syrian rebels are not prepared to hold meaningful talks on peace and their country. might stay first on my space so. there you go. brother. for dear lad i may as. the saying. i think. he would tell them what you need five hundred bucks if i was it was. because. i thought it all fall. about. well in arrests and the only pol three times i still very times hugged the guardrail rather like a living i want to have that back. to the head by ten kids passed m

said they're going to continue talking with mr brahimi one of the main sticking points is that the opposition continues pressing on. president assad to step down while the authorities are saying that first they. in the country hold nationwide elections with a new one. for the syrian people. so clearly they are not on the same page when it comes to. the talks are going to continue. at the end of the day. seem to be easy to find a common denominator thank you for bringing us the latest from geneva. and how war activist brian becker believes the syrian rebels are not prepared to hold meaningful talks on peace and their country. might stay first on my stay so here and. there you. probably heard. your lad but i'm just. saying. he was what you need five hundred bucks and i was good. for. america. i thought it all fall. i'm hopeful. that. you get well in arrests and the only poll three times i feel very times how the guardrail really like a baby i want to have that faith and see her back. into bed by ten kids pass me out laughing at a good book the. words i love did i would pay to see you do that if you. feel. you. were just listening to