Subject: Video Request: Corker SFRC hearing
From: "Haxo, Chris" <[email-masked]>
To: Research_D <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 17 May 2016 09:47:59 -0700

http://www.foreign.senate.gov/hearings/war-in-syria-next-steps-to-mitigate-the-crisis-051716

Starts at 00:15:00
*       Without leverage on Assad, we have little influence.
*       What can we do to bring the opposition back to the table?
*       What can come out of Vienna? Sec. Kerry has mentioned a "Plan B", but that seems very rhetorical
*       We don't spend enough time listening to the people of Syria

00:26:30
*       Audience ("friends in pink") claps and pisses Corker off

01:30:30
*       BC: Had an opportunity in Sept 2013 when red line was crossed, moderates had momentum. Have you always supported less engagement, or is it just how things have evolved?
o       Never supported getting involved.

01:45:00
*       We didn't follow through with the help that we offered the refugees in Syria. I don't see a real solution that we can drive, we'll have to follow Russia/Iran, which is very frustrating.