particularly with those countries in the united nations that form with us the p-5. russia i think shares the goal. i won t speak for sergei. i think i will let them speak. i think they share the goal of stability and an end to violence. we share a strategic vision of what s happening in syria, but we ve had some disagreement on the tactics that we should take to bring that about. we are committed to continuing to do everything in our power to end the violence, to see an orderly succession take place. we have made very clear we think president asad s time has come and gone, and we hope very, very much through the dialog we ve had with russia and with our other partners in new york, that we will continue to find ways to hasten that kind of change in transition so that the people in syria can live normal lives free from violence. i will add to that that we want violence ceased. we want political dialog of all the signs in syria to be engaging and successful because we do not b
be a partisan issue. it s something that let me just interrupt. this is not a partisan issue. and, yes, congress and the administration need to work together. my question goes to when we are most likely to get cooperation, which, let s face it, has been very difficult coming. i want to ask mr. williams a question, if i could here. but can i just one-half sentence? sure. i do think it s very important that congress sees the opportunity to ask the m to come forward with a plan for how they re going to implement these other sides of the rule of law triangle. i appreciate that. none of us here object to the proposition that russia can accede to wto with our approval and our good folks do business abroad will help even more. there s no disagreement about that, the question is how do we dragged its feet over and overed a over. i hope to be able to get to the ucos situation in a moment. but mr. williams talked about a very practical problem, a very practical problem
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