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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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Manu Raju / Politico:
Senators working on new Syria plan — A powerful group of senators is quietly drafting a new proposal that could forestall military action in Syria if the country relinquishes its chemical weapon stockpile, according to a source familiar with the deliberations.
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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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Michael Birnbaum / Washington Post:
Syria accepts Russian proposal on weapons; France to bring resolution to Security Council — BERLIN — An unexpected Russian proposal for Syria to avert a U.S. military strike by transferring control of its chemical weapons appeared to be gaining traction on Tuesday, as Syria embraced it …
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Politico:
The United States of weakness — Red lines that may or may not be real, retaliatory strikes that may or may not be hours from launch, congressional debates that may or may not be necessary for the president to do what he wants—whatever that happens to be this hour.
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Wall Street Journal:
Syria Backs Russian Plan for Weapons — France Plans to Submit Resolution to U.N. Security Council to Allow for Swift Dismantlement — PARIS—Syria said Tuesday it has agreed to a Russian proposal to relinquish control of its chemical arsenal as France made fresh demands to accelerate …
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Tal Kopan / Politico:
Jay Carney: U.S. threat pushed Syrians — White House press secretary Jay Carney said Tuesday that a reported deal between Russia and Syria on chemical weapons was a potentially “positive development,” and he credited the threat of a U.S. military strike with bringing it about.
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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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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 …
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 …
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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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USA Today:
Syria says it accepts Russian chemical arms proposal — Syria says it embraced the Russian initiative to ‘derail the U.S. aggression’ — The Syrian government has accepted a Russian proposal to turn over its chemical weapons to international control to avoid a military confrontation …
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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Steve Clemons / Reuters:
Manchin-Heitkamp: The Senate's Compelling Alternative Syria Resolution
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Scott Pelley / CBS News:
Obama: “I understand” American people aren't with me on Syria strike
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Obama's accidental diplomacy
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New York Times:
Obama Backs Idea for Syria to Cede Control of Arms
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Ben Shapiro / BREITBART.COM:
PEACE IN OUR TIME: OBAMA CAVES TO PUTIN, ASSAD, IRAN
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David Rothkopf / CNN:
Kerry, Clinton and a glimmer of hope on Syria
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Associated Press:
Talking Diplomacy in Syria, Obama Goes to Congress
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Joshua Keating / Slate:
Kerry: Turn Over Your Chemical Weapons Now or Face ... “Unbelievably Small” Consequences
Susan Crabtree / Washington Examiner:
Obama would ‘absolutely’ delay strike if Syria turns over weapons
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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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Zimmerman in police custody in Florida
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Seeking votes, Reid compares Syria to Hitler's gas chambers — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) faces a daunting test of his relationships with Republicans, as Democratic defections could require 16 or more GOP votes to pass a Syria resolution in the chamber.
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Reid delays Senate vote on Syria (Video)
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Neil King Jr / Wall Street Journal:
Poll Finds Support Fading for Syria Attack — Only 33% Favor Action as Backing by GOP, Independents Slumps; Almost 75% Say Focus Needs to Be on Home Turf — President Barack Obama's push for Congress to authorize military action in Syria faces headwinds from an American public that increasingly …
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Paul Steinhauser / CNN:
Obama hits new low on foreign policy in CNN polling
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Skip Navigation / ACLU:
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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Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Kerry's claim that he opposed Bush's invasion of Iraq — “You know, Senator Chuck Hagel, when he was senator, Senator Chuck Hagel, now secretary of defense, and when I was a senator, we opposed the president's decision to go into Iraq, but we know full well how that evidence was used to persuade …
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John B. Taylor / Wall Street Journal:
The Weak Recovery Explains Rising Inequality, Not Vice Versa — Obama blames tax cuts that began under Reagan for today's slow growth. The data don't back him up. — Last year at this time a debate raged about whether economic growth and job creation has been abnormally slow compared …
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hrw.org/rss/news:
Syria: Government Likely Culprit in Chemical Attack — New Evidence based on Rocket Analysis, Witness Accounts — (New York) - Available evidence strongly suggests that Syrian government forces were responsible for chemical weapons attacks on two Damascus suburbs on August 21, 2013.
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