“We got 100% of the chemical weapons out.”
– former Secretary of State John Kerry, July 2014“I think [Obama] stated the U.S. view, which is the use of chemical weapons is not something we’re prepared to allow to persist, and we didn’t. We managed to accomplish that goal far more thoroughly than we could have by some limited strikes against chemical targets by getting the entirety of the declared stockpile removed.”
– former National Security Advisor Susan Rice, January 16, 2017“We always knew we had not gotten everything [chemical weapons] — that the Syrians had not been fully forthcoming in their declaration.”
– former Deputy Secretary of State Tony Blinken, April 9, 2017