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Abby D. Phillip / ABC News:
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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Ashley Killough / CNN:
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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New York Times:
A Diplomatic Proposal for Syria — Secretary of State John Kerry may not have expected his casual suggestion that Syria avert American military action by giving up its chemical weapons to be taken seriously. But it may have created a diplomatic way out for President Obama …
Fox News:
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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Joshua Keating / Slate:
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.
Associated Press:
SYRIA SAYS IT ACCEPTED RUSSIAN WEAPONS PROPOSAL — MOSCOW (AP) — Syria said Tuesday it has accepted Russia's proposal to place its chemical weapons under international control for subsequent dismantling. — Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem said Tuesday after meeting …
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Ben Shapiro / BREITBART.COM:
PEACE IN OUR TIME: OBAMA CAVES TO PUTIN, ASSAD, IRAN — On Monday, the Obama administration, overcome by its own frantic confusion over a situation of its own making in Syria, fainted into the arms of Russian President Vladimir Putin - and, in the process, appeased the Syrian regime …
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Scott Pelley / CBS News:
Obama: “I understand” American people aren't with me on Syria strike — (CBS News) WASHINGTON — In an interview Monday, President Obama responded to a surprising late proposal that could head off a military strike against Syria. The Syrians agreed to a Russian proposal to put …
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Mark Murray / NBCNews:
Nearly sixty percent of Americans want Congress to vote no on Syria — President Barack Obama faces a “tall order” in convincing Americans on Syria with nearly 60 percent who say they want their member of Congress to oppose the use of military force there, according to a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll.
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Wall Street Journal:
Obama Push to Hit Syria Takes Detour — Senate Delays Vote as Russia Seizes on Kerry's Offhand Suggestion That Assad Give Up Chemical Weapons — WASHINGTON—President Barack Obama's campaign for an attack on Syria took an unexpected turn as his administration inadvertently gave the Assad regime …
New York Times:
Obama Backs Idea for Syria to Cede Control of Arms
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Susan Crabtree / Washington Examiner:
Obama would ‘absolutely’ delay strike if Syria turns over weapons
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Reid delays Senate vote on Syria (Video)
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Paul Steinhauser / CNN:
Obama hits new low on foreign policy in CNN polling
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Neil King Jr / Wall Street Journal:
Poll Finds Support Fading for Syria Attack
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Matt Smith / CNN:
Syria chemical arms plan promising 'if it's real,' Obama says
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Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
Let's Please Stop Pretending That Obama is Reluctant to Take Military Action
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Tal Kopan / Politico:
John McCain: John Kerry ‘unbelievably unhelpful’
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Michael Kelley / Business Insider:
Vladimir Putin Puts John Kerry In Check On Syria
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CBS News:
Syria says it “welcomes” Russian proposal to place chemical weapons under international control
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Hari Sreenivasan / Online NewsHour:
Assad Tells PBS' Charlie Rose Syria Prepared to Retaliate if Hit
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Stephen F. Hayes / Weekly Standard:
The Way Out? — Is this the beginning of the White House turn?
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clickorlando.com:
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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Vivian Kuo / CNN:
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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House v. Napolitano — In May 2011, the American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Massachusetts filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts challenging the suspicionless search and seizure of electronics and personal data belonging to David House …
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Elise Viebeck / The Hill:
Rite Aid joins ObamaCare outreach effort — Another leading drugstore chain is pitching in to help consumers understand their new coverage options under ObamaCare. — Rite Aid Corporation announced that it will host licensed insurance agents at nearly 2,000 locations across …
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Bipartisan Policy Center:
Jihadist Terrorism: A Threat Assessment — Al-Qaeda's core in Pakistan exerts less control over its affiliated groups and the CIA's campaign of drone strikes in Pakistan has decimated the group's leadership. Al-Qaeda affiliates in Yemen and Somalia have also suffered significant losses …
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Brian Beutler / Salon:
GOP's massive new lie: The truth about Obama's second term — When President Obama decided to seek authorization to bomb Syria, he didn't just throw the fate of his plans into the hands of 535 unpredictable members of Congress. He also made himself vulnerable to overblown suggestions that his entire second term is on the line.
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Ariel Ben Solomon / Jerusalem Post:
What is Israel's interest in Syria? — While the Assad regime is linked to Iran and Hezbollah, some experts say most of the groups opposing him are in one way or another close in ideology to either al-Qaida or the Muslim Brotherhood. — What is Israel's interest in Syria and the possibility of a US-led attack?
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Ambrose Evans-Pritchard / Telegraph:
Brussels fears European ‘industrial massacre’ sparked by energy costs — Europe's industry is being ravaged by exorbitant energy costs and an over-valued euro, blighting efforts to reverse years of global manufacturing decline.
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New York Post:
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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