i m a hindu. i don t have the same beliefs that a boss could have. why are my beliefs circumdescribed? what i find damaging about this decision is that it places all burden on workers and says the only people who have rights here are the ceos. ker ril, near ra, jeffrey, thank you so much. coming up, we re waiting on president obama to announce his nomination for veterans affairs secretary. why he isn t going with a career military man this time around. plus another major recall from general motors. more than 8 million vehicles. details coming up. we have president obama introducing his new nominee to be va secretary. good afternoon, everybody. please be seated. let me start by thanking acting secretary gibson for welcoming us here today. i am pleased to be join by our
action the president would take. opposition strength, which secretary ker ril has noted. second, defections within the syrian government and military as secretary kerry has noted. other intelligence, other consequences. and this is about getting to an end game. that end game is a diplomatic settlement. it is driving this toward what we believe the president believes is the only way out of this if for no other reason than what secretary kerry has noted. we do not want to see the country of syria disintegrate, result in ungoverned space which i think the consequences would be devastating for our partners, for our allies, the entire middle east. then we would all have to respond in some way. so i just add that on to