changed. the syrian regime has forced us to take action based on their repeated used on chemical weapons. t designated entities in asia and the middle east. we revoke the visas of russian intelligence in response of chemical weapons attack. we ll seek out and call out anyone who uses or aids in the use of chemical weapons. with yesterday s military action, our message was crystal clear. the united states of america will not allow the assad regime to don t use chemical weapons. last night we obliterated the
genuine desire to start a real process to end this civil war and to that supporting the u.n. envoy, there is a lot of talk of the so-called geneva process but it has for years have not gone anywhere. how do you end this? even if these strikes end and chemical weapons, we don t think they will. the syrians have plenty of ways to attack their sif ycivilians. ambassador nikki haley is speaking right now. this is our fifth council meeting in the past week to address the situation in syria. a week has gone by in which we have talked. we have talked about the victims in duma. we talked about the assad regime and its patrons and russia and iran. we spent a week talking about the unique horror of chemical weapons. if time for talk ended last
important part of this dynamic. we did have as you recited the history clearly while some chemical weapons were removed and as we have seen the evidence not all. we must hold the regime accountable. that means putin paying a price for these chemical attacks. unfortunately, as part of this, even though congress has by unanimous bases passed the sanctions on the regime. this white house refused to follow the law and follow through on making sure those sanctions stick. that has to change and i hope president trump is finally waking up when it comes to vladimir putin. he s no friends of the united states or the west. we need this white house to put into place the sanctions that congress passed overwhelmingly. congressman, can i ask you, do you think bashar al-assad is scared this morning?
used chemical weapons to account. that failure is largely due to russian obstruction. we call on russia to take a hard look at the company it keeps and live up to its responsibility as a permanent member of the council and defend the actual principles of the united nation meant to promote. last night we hit the heart of syria s chemical weapon enterprise. we are confident we have crippl crippled syria chemical weapon program. thank you. you have been listening to nikki haley responding to a measured proposed to condemn the u.s. air strikes on syria over night. that measure will not pass.
produce these chemical weapons, mary how do you assess what you heard? i hope it is correct and the initial reports are correct. we have no and as a member of congress and the foreign affairs committee, until we have a hearing or a classifiied briefing, we have no basis to draw that conclusion. i would be surprised if limited strikes such as these completely eliminated the ability of the assad regime to deliver these chemical attacks. i hope that s correct b. you used the word limited attack. do you believe these attacks should have gone further? until we get full information on what was taken out and how successful they were, i would hold back judgment. let me say this. we are going to focus on these strikes that happened last night and as i said, i have been