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John Kerry gives Syria week to hand over chemical weapons or face attack — US secretary of state tells London press conference with William Hague that US intelligence blames Assad regime for gas attack — The US secretary of state has said that President Bashar al-Assad has one week …
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Opposition to Syrian Airstrikes Surges — Obama Job Approval Slips into Negative Territory — Over just the past week, the share of Americans who oppose U.S. airstrikes in Syria has surged 15 points, from 48% to 63%, as many who were undecided about the issue have turned against military action.
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Obama backs off ‘red line,’ opens door to ‘diplomatic track’ on Syria — President Obama on Monday took a sharp turn away from his “red line” threat to Syria on the eve of taking his case to the American people, saying in an interview with Fox News that he's open to negotiations …
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CNN poll: Don't attack Syria — Washington (CNN) — As President Barack Obama presses his case for a strike on Syria, a new national survey shows him swimming against a strong tide of public opinion that doesn't want the United States to get involved. — The CNN/ORC International poll released …
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Kerry: Turn Over Your Chemical Weapons Now or Face ... “Unbelievably Small” Consequences — Secretary of State John Kerry's case for a U.S. strike in Syria seems to rest on two assumptions. One, that it is a crucial test for U.S. national security and the values of the civilized world comparable to the rise of Nazi Germany.
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Syria Could Avoid Attack, Obama says … If Syrian President Bashar al-Assad gives up his chemical weapons, a military strike would “absolutely” be on pause, President Obama said today. — “I consider this a modestly positive development,” Obama told ABC News' Diane Sawyer in an interview …
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Kerry Says Syria Should Hand Over All Chemical Arms — LONDON — Secretary of State John Kerry said on Monday that if President Bashar al-Assad wants to avert an attack on Syria, he should hand over all of his chemical weapons within one week. — Asked if there were steps the Syrian president …
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Bashar Assad tells Charlie Rose U.S. should “expect every action” in response to Syria strikes — PLAY CBS NEWS VIDEO — President Bashar Assad warned Sunday that if President Obama decides to launch military strikes on Syria, the U.S. and its allies should “expect every action” in retaliation.
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Obama: ‘Breakthrough’ is possible on Syria — Washington (CNN) — Russia's proposal for Syria to surrender its chemical weapons to international control was a “potentially positive development,” but could be a stall tactic, President Barack Obama told CNN on Monday.
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John McCain: John Kerry ‘unbelievably unhelpful’ — Sen. John McCain was not a fan of Secretary of State John Kerry's remarks Monday in London that intervention in Syria would be “unbelievably small,” calling it unhelpful. — “Kerry says #Syria strike would be “unbelievably small” …
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Vladimir Putin Puts John Kerry In Check On Syria
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Tal Kopan / Politico:
John Kerry under fire for ‘unbelievably small’ comment
John Kerry under fire for ‘unbelievably small’ comment
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Paul Steinhauser / CNN:
Obama hits new low on foreign policy in CNN polling
Obama hits new low on foreign policy in CNN polling
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Susan Page / USA Today:
USA TODAY Poll: Opposition to Syrian airstrikes surges
USA TODAY Poll: Opposition to Syrian airstrikes surges
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Stephen F. Hayes / Weekly Standard:
The Way Out? — Is this the beginning of the White House turn?
George C. Edwards III / Politico:
Why President Obama's Syria speech won't matter
Why President Obama's Syria speech won't matter
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Diplomatic deal? Syria ‘welcomes’ proposal to hand over control of chemical weapons
Diplomatic deal? Syria ‘welcomes’ proposal to hand over control of chemical weapons
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David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Kerry's Comments on Syria Are a Shift Over Strike
Kerry's Comments on Syria Are a Shift Over Strike
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Will Englund / Washington Post:
Russia says it will push Syria to relinquish control of chemical weapons
Russia says it will push Syria to relinquish control of chemical weapons
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
U.S. open to Russian chemical weapons proposal
U.S. open to Russian chemical weapons proposal
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Vladimir Isachenkov / Associated Press:
RUSSIA TO PUSH SYRIA TO SURRENDER CHEMICAL WEAPONS
RUSSIA TO PUSH SYRIA TO SURRENDER CHEMICAL WEAPONS
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Jessica Yellin / CNN:
Hillary Clinton to weigh in on Syria at White House
Hillary Clinton to weigh in on Syria at White House
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
White House to take a ‘hard look’ at Syrian offer on weapons
White House to take a ‘hard look’ at Syrian offer on weapons
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No charges filed in George Zimmerman's alleged gun threat against wife — George Zimmerman, Shellie Zimmerman say the other was aggressor … LAKE MARY, Fla. - — No charges have been filed against George Zimmerman on Monday as the investigation continues into if he threatened …
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Zimmerman in police custody in Florida — (CNN) — George Zimmerman was taken into custody Monday after an apparent domestic altercation with his wife and her father at a home in Lake Mary, Florida, police said. — “As of right now, (George Zimmerman) has been placed in investigative detention …
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How Not to Win Over Congress — If anyone in the Obama administration thought having former Democratic representative Jane Harman appear on NBC's Meet the Press to support the Syrian war resolution was a good idea, he must be cringing now. — Harman, a former congresswoman from California …
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Senior House GOP aides: WH not reaching out to House Republicans
Senior House GOP aides: WH not reaching out to House Republicans
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
White House Makes Clear: We Can Attack Syria Without Congress
White House Makes Clear: We Can Attack Syria Without Congress
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Let's Please Stop Pretending That Obama is Reluctant to Take Military Action — E.J. Dionne chastises Democrats for not supporting President Obama on Syria: … Wait a second. I realize that Dionne is only talking about Syria here, but in the past five years Obama has (a) …
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The party of hawks turns dovish on Syria
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Bill Keller / New York Times:
Our New Isolationism — THE United States has just spent thousands …
Our New Isolationism — THE United States has just spent thousands …
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Western Maryland secessionists seek to sever ties with the liberal Free State — The push by 50 western Virginia counties to secede in 1863, forming West Virginia at the height of the Civil War, was led by a charismatic store-clerk-turned-lawyer who famously urged his supporters: “Cut the knot now!
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Meet The Maryland Republicans Who Want To Secede
Meet The Maryland Republicans Who Want To Secede
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Diary bombshell: RFK's secret slams against Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson and Gov. Cuomo — The Post exclusively reported Sunday how Robert F. Kennedy Jr. grappled with what he called his “lust demons” and kept a scorecard of more than two dozen conquests in a secret diary.
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Historian remains key ally of right — Sens. Ted Cruz and Rand Paul were headline attractions at a conference in Iowa this summer that brought hundreds of conservative Christian pastors together to talk faith and politics. — But they weren't the only draw.
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