WASHINGTON (AP) — Battling stiff resistance in Congress, President Barack Obama conceded Monday night he might lose his fight for congressional support of a military strike against Syria, and declined to say what he would do if lawmakers reject his
President Obama’s interview with Chris Wallace of Fox News
President Obama, in an interview Monday with CNN, says the new Russian compromise for Syria to hand over its chemical weapons is because of his credible threat of military action.
The Obama administration has a strategy to bring people over to its side on Syria: Get them to watch a disturbing You Tube video. This morning National Security Advisor Susan Rice opened and concluded her argument in support of a
As President Barack Obama attempts to rally the American people and members of Congress to back his unpopular plan to strike Syria, Obama says he wants to cut the 1.8% raise the Republican-led House approved and that troops are due
Here’s one way to understand the Syrian Rebels: think of them as the gangsters in Quentin Tarantino’s film Reservoir Dogs. Secretary of State John Kerry famously called the Free Syria Army “moderate” in Senate testimony about Syrian rebels last week.
You can’t blame Alec Baldwin for trying to fit in with his new MSNBC colleagues. The star of the low-rated 30 Rock is about to join the low-rated news channel, and he must be aware of the hawkish tone MSNBC
On Monday, the White House proclaimed that President Obama could use military action virtually anywhere at any time without prior Congressional approval. White House counsel Kathryn Ruemmler – the same woman supposedly behind the failure of the White House to
There is only one possible good-faith reason that the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), the Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC), the National Jewish Democratic Council (NJDC), and the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) are lobbying Congress to approve President Barack Obama’s proposed
During his daily press briefing White House press secretary Jay Carney commented on today’s new Russian offer for Syria to hand over its chemical weapons to international control…
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s remarks in the Senate on Monday…
(CNN) — Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says she backs President Barack Obama’s push to take military action in Syria.If Syria’s government immediately surrendered its chemical weapons stockpiles to international control, “that would be an important step,” Clinton
White House national security adviser Susan Rice says any U.S. military action against Syria “would not be another war.”She says the Syrian regime used chemical weapons against its own people and said that raises threats to other countries in the
Even as President Obama attempts to make the case for urgent military action, suggesting that the Syrian regime can be deterred from chemical weapons use by such action, Secretary of State John Kerry threatened “unbelievably small” consequences for Bashar al-Assad’s
(AP) Clinton endorses Obama effort to punish SyriaBy KEN THOMASAssociated PressWASHINGTONFormer Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton endorsed President Barack Obama’s attempt to win congressional approval of a military strike in Syria, saying Monday that any move by the Assad
(AP) Russia to push Syria to surrender chemical weaponsBy VLADIMIR ISACHENKOVAssociated PressMOSCOWIn a surprise move, Russia promised Monday to push its ally Syria to place its chemical weapons under international control and then dismantle them quickly to avert U.S. strikes.The
In response to Cheerios war pushed by a Fruit Loops Administration: You find Kerry’s “unbelievably small” calculation clumsy, Samantha Power’s expectations re Iran preposterous, the Obama official’s Cheerios analogy ridiculous? Oh, you ain’t seen nothin’ yet. In an astonishing display
The Administration’s mad rush for war in Syria has written a few quotes into the pages of history today, and not in a good way. John Kerry sealed his reputation as a clumsy buffoon by promising the world we’d be
Monday morning in London, Secretary of State John Kerry apparently went off script with the hypothetical suggestion that the Syrian government could avoid American air strikes if Bashir Assad would turn over all of his chemical weapons within a week.
For all of last week, President Obama, Secretary of State John Kerry, and administration surrogates flooded the public zone with evidence and arguments in support of a unilateral war against Syria. Pew polled the public before the week before the
The US Senate will hold a procedural vote Wednesday on a measure authorizing President Barack Obama to use military force against Syria. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Monday said the Senate will vote on a motion to debate the
One of the few effective arguments that the Obama administration has used in support of military action in Syria is that it is important to deter other rogue states determined to acquire, and threatening to use, weapons of mass destruction.
In a strident exhortation to the New America Foundation on Monday, National Security Advisor Susan Rice reiterated President Barack Obama’s case for a “limited” military strike against Syria in response to alleged chemical weapons use by Bashar al-Assad’s forces. She
(AP) US weighs talk of Syria dumping chemical weaponsBy MATTHEW LEEAP Diplomatic WriterWASHINGTONU.S. officials say they will take a “hard look” at a proposal for Syria to surrender its chemical weapons to international control to avoid a military strike.State Department
Monday afternoon, Tennessee Sen. Lamar Alexander announced his opposition to President Obama’s proposed military strike on Syria. Alexander’s opposition is important, as his Senate colleague, Sen. Bob Corker, helped author the resolution approving military action. Alexander had also recently come
