There's really no story here. A US Congressperson meets with the head of a state that the USG has been warring on for six years and lying about the war. She's communicating with Assad using words. Obama was communicating using violence. The differences, and preferences, should be obvious to those who favor peace and the end of the USG manufacture of refugees. The only military the US population needs is a Coast Guard and a Border Patrol. The Obama/Clinton intervention made a poor situation bad, or a bad situation worse. The War Criminals are those who begin, or extend, wars.