to protect that. that would really put you at odds with russia. >> they have no love of asad but they don't want to see that regime collapse in an unstructured way. russia has a long defense relationship with syria. they don't want to give up their foot hold in the middle east. >> secretary cohen, a quick question. should the trump administration now wait for congressional action passing of legislation authorizing the use of military force before taking additional direct military action against various syrian military targets? i think the president always has the power to act unilaterally when time does not allow for a full discussion. i think this action was authorized. i don't think he had to go to congress for this power. but to the extent this is the beginning of something much larger and it's going to affect multiple parties, multiple countries, then i think it's time for congress at least to vt opportunity to be heard. i don't expect them to be in