State Department Spokeswoman Jen Psaki said that she wouldn’t get into “hypothetical of what could or couldn’t happen” concerning Congressional approval on military action in Syria. JEN PSAKI: Well, a vote in the House has not even been set. The
At a news conference at the G20 Summit in Russia on Friday, President Barack Obama suggested he does not need the will of the American people behind him to take America to war against Syria. Obama, who said he will
CBS: Reports say a message intercepted by U.S. intelligence indicates Iran will plot revenge on American interests in Iraq if a strike on Syria happens. Also, President Obama, at the G-20 summit in Russia, struggles to build support for a
The old gang isn’t getting back together, apparently. Anti-war celebrities like Tim Robbins, Sean Penn, Martin Sheen, Neil Young and Susan Sarandon railed against the Bush administration throughout the 2000s. They spoke out in every media venue possible, signed a
Iran has commanded militants in Iraq to attack the United States Embassy and other American targets in Baghdad if the U.S. proceeds with President Barack Obama’s proposed strike on Syria, a new intercepted order reveals. The new intelligence demonstrates Iran’s
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy MSNBC host Chris Hayes (“All In w/ Chris Hayes”) joins Martin Bashir moments after his exclusive interview with Secretary of State John Kerry to report on why Kerry
On Sunday, Sept. 1, Pope Francis addressed the escalating violence in Syria before crowds packed into St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican in Rome, deploring talk of military intervention and calling for a vigil of prayer and fasting on Saturday,
On Friday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid returns to Washington to begin the procedural motions to bring to a vote an authorization of military strikes against Syria. Given the extended time-frame for debate in the Senate, it is likely then
A small community of Trappistine nuns in Syria posted a letter on August 29 in which they present themselves as living in a state of suspenseful anticipation of President Barack Obama’s final decision about a potential intervention in Syria. The
(AP) Back in his home state of Arizona Thursday, Senator John McCain defended his stand on potential U.S. military action in Syria, before a crowd of constituents during a Phoenix town hall event.
On Wednesday, Secretary of State John Kerry indicated it was more important to talk about the lives of those killed by chemical attacks in Syria than the four Americans who were murdered in Benghazi. Kerry seemed annoyed, bordering on angry,
Republican leaders in Washington, including Speaker John Boehner (R-OH), House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA), and Senators McCain (R-AZ), Graham (R-SC), and Corker (R-TN), are supporting President Obama’s call for an American attack on Syria, but Tea Party groups around
Testifying before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Wednesday, Secretary of State John Kerry said Arab nations have offered a “quite significant” sum to pay for American military strikes against Syria. He said there was an offer on the table
Rep. Charles Rangel’s (D-N.Y.) outspoken skepticism as regards Barack Obama’s Syrian mis-adventure must have set off alarm bells within the administration, prompting them to pressure the rest of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) to shut up and sit down, perhaps
The Pentagon has reportedly known for over a year that it would take at least 75,000 ground troops to secure Syria’s chemical weapons stockpiles. Secretary of State John Kerry insisted on Tuesday and Wednesday while testifying before committees in the
Former Congressman Allen West has stated his opposition against military action in Syria, and so have other Democratic and Republican members of Congress. But West’s former opponent, Congressman Patrick Murphy (D) is still “undecided” on supporting Obama’s possible war against
With his decision to attack Syria in a “limited” way, some are concerned about the possibility of future escalation. But the truth is we are not at the foot of the Syrian escalator deciding whether or not to get on.
On Wednesday, Secretary of State John Kerry said President Barack Obama would soon address the nation on Syria from the Oval Office. Rep. Luke Messer (R-IN) asked Kerry whether Obama would address the nation about the country’s potential intervention in
On Wednesday, Secretary of State John Kerry said he was “hopeful” that Russian President Vladimir Putin and President Barack Obama “will have a good conversation where there will be a road forward” after Putin declared that American intervention in Syria
Fashion designer Kenneth Cole sent a tweet at 10:34 a.m. today that set the Twitter-sphere on fire. It was tweet that many took as flippant at best and an attempt to “sell fashion” at the expense of our troops at
A group of special operations veterans is demanding House Speaker John Boehner form a Select Committee to uncover the truth behind the Benghazi attacks. The group said that Americans and the world will not be able to trust the Obama
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Obama gives a surprisingly coherent defense of Syria intervention Senate Foreign Relations Committee approves military action in Syria Russia’s president Putin accuses John Kerry of lying Iran’s government splits over al-Assad’s chemical weapons Obama
House members on the Foreign Affairs Committee listened to several hours of testimony from Secretary of State John Kerry and Joint Chiefs of Staff General Martin Dempsey make the Obama administration’s case for U.S. military intervention in Syria. Kerry testified
POLITICO: Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., warned that other rogue regimes will be emboldened to defy the U.S. if we fail to respond to a chemical weapons attack in Syria.
