The President spoke at 2:02 p.m. in the Cross Hall at the White House. In his remarks, he referred to Amir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani of Qatar; President Abdelfattah Said Elsisi of Egypt; President Joseph Aoun of Lebanon; Principal Deputy National Security Adviser Jonathan Finer, National Security Council Coordinator for the Middle East Brett H. McGurk, Senior Adviser for Energy and Investment Amos J. Hochstein; and former President Bashar al-Asad of Syria. He also referred to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist organization. The transcript was released by the Office of the Press Secretary on January 19.