WASHINGTON, D.C.-U.S. Senator Susan Collins, a senior member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, today released the following statement on the U.S.-Russian agreement on Syria:
"I welcome the news from Geneva that Russia and the United States have reached a tentative agreement that could lead to the elimination of Assad's chemical weapons. If the plan is fully and verifiably implemented, it would be more effective than the limited military attack originally proposed by the President. I believe that the tough questions that many of us raised about the President's planned military strikes encouraged the Administration to explore non-military alternatives. It is now incumbent upon the Assad regime to keep its commitments and cease its brutal assaults on the Syrian people."