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Obama Starts Lobbying Blitz for Support of Strike on Syria - New York Times Mon, 02 Sep 2013 02:42:48 GMT

New York Times

Obama Starts Lobbying Blitz for Support of Strike on Syria New York Times The lobbying blitz stretched from Capitol Hill, where the administration held its first classified briefing on Syria open to all lawmakers, to Cairo, where Secretary of State John Kerry reached Arab diplomats by phone in an attempt to rally ... Opposition to Syria attack emerges in CongressUSA TODAY Kerry: Samples from Syria tested positive for sarinNBCNews.com (blog) Obama's request for congressional approval on a Syria strike marks "retreat ...CBS News Fox News -Reuters -The Guardian all 5,493 news articles »

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Obama's pause on Syria may prompt British Parliament to reconsider - Los Angeles Times Mon, 02 Sep 2013 02:07:31 GMT

The Guardian

Obama's pause on Syria may prompt British Parliament to reconsider Los Angeles Times The delay before a possible strike as Obama makes his case to U.S. lawmakers could give their British counterparts time to consider new evidence pointing toward the Syrian government's culpability in gassing rebel-held neighborhoods in Damascus. This defeat over Syria has left the prime minister humbled, not BritainThe Guardian Syria: UK rules out new vote on military strike - HagueBBC News Syria anti-intervention march in London draws thousands (PHOTOS)RT (blog) Washington Times -The Slatest -Daily Mail all 11,816 news articles »

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White House pushes Congress on Syria after Obama's recoil - CNN Sun, 01 Sep 2013 19:49:02 GMT

White House pushes Congress on Syria after Obama's recoil CNN (CNN) -- The Obama administration pushed forward Sunday on a new path toward military action in Syria, urging Congress to support the president's call. Tests found signatures of sarin gas in blood and hair samples collected from the Damascus site of an ...

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Exclusive: USS Nimitz carrier group rerouted for possible help with Syria - Reuters Mon, 02 Sep 2013 01:03:42 GMT

RT (blog)

Exclusive: USS Nimitz carrier group rerouted for possible help with Syria Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz and other ships in its strike group are heading west toward the Red Sea to help support a limited U.S. strike on Syria, if needed, defense officials said on Sunday. The Nimitz ... USS Nimitz aircraft carrier group rerouted to help US strike on Syria, if ...RT (blog) Navy bolsters presence near SyriaUSA TODAY all 197 news articles »

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Read And Listen: President Obama Turns To Congress On Syria - NPR Sun, 01 Sep 2013 20:04:28 GMT

NPR

Read And Listen: President Obama Turns To Congress On Syria NPR A transcript of President Obama's remarks on possible U.S. military action in Syria, as released by the White House: Good afternoon, everybody. Ten days ago, the world watched in horror as men, women and children were massacred in Syria in the worst ...

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Could Syria strike back if United States, allies, attack? - CNN Sun, 01 Sep 2013 16:16:12 GMT

Could Syria strike back if United States, allies, attack? CNN (CNN) -- As the United States and its allies debate military intervention in Syria, the nation's president, Bashar al-Assad, has warned that Syria will "defend itself against any aggression." Meanwhile, Prime Minister Wael Nader al-Halqi struck a ...

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Even after 100000 deaths in Syria, chemical weapons attack evoked visceral ... - Washington Post Sun, 01 Sep 2013 13:29:32 GMT

Washington Post

Even after 100000 deaths in Syria, chemical weapons attack evoked visceral ... Washington Post After the guns of World War I fell silent, the world's nations convened in Geneva to outlaw for the first time an entire class of weapons. Barely 1 percent of the war's battlefield deaths had come from toxic chemicals, yet these had evoked greater ... Syria Strike Threat Delayed as UN Inspectors Weigh Chemical Weapons EvidenceABC News Syria, US potential confrontation one step closer with United Nations ...CBS News UN chemical weapons inspectors asked to speed up Syria investigationThe Guardian Sky News -NBCNews.com (blog) -Aljazeera.com all 698 news articles »

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France's Case for Military Action in Syria - TIME Sat, 31 Aug 2013 17:31:17 GMT

The Guardian

France's Case for Military Action in Syria TIME When President Barack Obama cast about this week for a coalition to mount military strikes on Syria, he found — not Britain, the closest U.S. ally across the Atlantic, but France, whose hostility against the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003 earned it ... Syria air strikes: reaction to Barack Obama's decision to go to CongressThe Guardian Hollande Faces Calls for Parliament Vote on SyriaABC News French Opposition Calls for Vote on Any Syria StrikeWall Street Journal NBCNews.com (blog) -The Independent -Reuters all 474 news articles »

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Obama will seek congressional approval before any military action against Syria - NBCNews.com (blog) Sun, 01 Sep 2013 18:52:50 GMT

Obama will seek congressional approval before any military action against Syria NBCNews.com (blog) President Barack Obama will seek authorization from Congress before launching any military action against the Syrian regime for allegedly using chemical weapons in a mass killing that the U.S. says claimed the lives of 1,429 people. The president came ...

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Obama and aides confront skeptical Congress on Syria strike - Chicago Tribune Sun, 01 Sep 2013 23:24:32 GMT

Obama and aides confront skeptical Congress on Syria strike Chicago Tribune WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama and his top aides launched a full-scale political offensive on Sunday to persuade a skeptical Congress to approve a military strike against Syria, but faced an uphill struggle to win over many lawmakers and a ...