Between groups in the two countries as well as the american and russian influences in the region. This is about an hour and 10 minutes. Good morning everyone and welcome to the foundation for defense of democracy. My name is jonathan chandler, Senior Vice President for research and it is terrific to see so many terrific faces in the room. We are looking forward to our timely event this morning as we address the syrian impasse. What is turkeys endgame in the Syrian Campaign and how does this impact washington policy . We are lucky to have one of the foremost experts with us today to these issues. I will keep it short so that we can jump right in. First, a few housekeeping items. Todays event is being live streamed, video recorded and is also being broadcast on cspan no i encourage guests in the audience in attendance and viewing at home to join in onthe conversation. Please feel free to comment as we go along and we will try to address those om comments. This is the time when i ask you
republican cassel. he waits four years, maybe cassel won t run for a full time. let s find a way to wait and the republicans retire. let s wait for the other guys to die and then we ll have their jobs. wow. i really want to work for you. it is kind of sultry to say, we re waiting our turn. then again, i think it s the smart move as we say. it s a good year to be the antis. i ll force you guys to really make a decision here. no more softy. this is hardball. the democrats claim the right to re-election in any office this november if they don t get a health care bill through? if they blow it on health care, if they cannot pass the bill with 59 senators and a big majority in the house, do they need a bill to face the public, gene? i think they re in trouble if they don t get a bill. i think they need to get a bill. you would go to extreme measures like reconciliation, whatever it took? absolutely. you can t pass a bill with these majorities on your signature issue
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republican. he waits four years, castle is what, 70? maybe he figures in four years the climate will be better. castle will be older, maybe won t run for a full term. let s find a way to wait and the republicans retire. let s wait for the other guys to die. wow. i really want to work for you. we re waiting our turn but then again i think it s the smart move. it s a good year to be the antis, you know. i ll force you guys to really make a decision here. no more softy. this is hardball. the democrats claim the right to re-election in any office this november if they don t get a health care bill through, if they blow it on health care, if they cannot pass the bill with 59 senators and a big majority in the house do they need a bill to face the public, gene? i think they re in trouble if they don t get a bill. i think they need to get a bill. you would go to extreme measures like reconciliation, whatever it took? absolutely. you can t pass a bill with these majori