An excerpt of his remarks, which can be viewed in full below.
What we’re talking about is not an open-ended intervention. This would not be another Iraq or Afghanistan. There would be no American boots on the ground. Any action we take would be limited, both in time and scope – designed to deter the Syrian government from gassing its own people again and degrade its ability to do so.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=203107