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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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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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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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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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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 …

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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NBCNews:

‘Peaceful solution’: Syria accepts Russia deal to hand over chemical weapons — Syria confirmed it would accept a Russian-brokered proposal to place its chemical weapons under international control Tuesday, hours after France announced it would seek a U.N. Security Council resolution seeking a similar plan.

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New York Times:

Key Senators Endorse Global Push to Secure Syria's Arsenal — WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of eight senators joined the international diplomatic momentum on Tuesday to avert an American military attack on Syria over its use of chemical munitions in that country's civil war …

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New York Times:

Obama Backs Idea for Syria to Cede Control of Arms — WASHINGTON — President Obama on Monday tentatively embraced a Russian diplomatic proposal to avert a United States military strike on Syria by having international monitors take control of the Syrian government's chemical weapons.

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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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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 …

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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 …

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Fox News:
Obama backs off ‘red line,’ opens door to ‘diplomatic track’ on Syria

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hrw.org/rss/news:
Syria: Government Likely Culprit in Chemical Attack

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Ashley Killough / CNN:
Obama: ‘Breakthrough’ is possible on Syria

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Steve Clemons / Reuters:
Manchin-Heitkamp: The Senate's Compelling Alternative Syria Resolution

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New York Times:
Libya Thwarts Arrests in Benghazi Attack

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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Obama's accidental diplomacy

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Scott Pelley / CBS News:
Obama: “I understand” American people aren't with me on Syria strike

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Ben Shapiro / BREITBART.COM:
PEACE IN OUR TIME: OBAMA CAVES TO PUTIN, ASSAD, IRAN

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Associated Press:
Talking Diplomacy in Syria, Obama Goes to Congress

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David Rothkopf / CNN:
Kerry, Clinton and a glimmer of hope on Syria

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Los Angeles Times:
White House takes ‘hard look’ at Russian proposal on Syria

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Neil King Jr / Wall Street Journal:
Poll Finds Support Fading for Syria Attack

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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:

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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Roll Call:
Obama Expects Syria Vote Delays

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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Reid delays Senate vote on Syria (Video)

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USA Today:

Police: Zimmerman wife not pressing charges — Police were called to a home in Lake Mary on Monday after George Zimmerman allegedly threatened his wife and her father with a gun. Lake Mary, Florida Police Department released Shellie Zimmerman's call to 911. — CONNECT

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clickorlando.com:
No charges filed in George Zimmerman's alleged gun threat against wife

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Vivian Kuo / CNN:
Zimmerman in police custody in Florida

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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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Susan Stellin / New York Times: The Border Is a Back Door for U.S. Device Searches

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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Robert Costa / National Review:

McConnell to Vote ‘No’ — In remarks this morning on the floor, Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.) will announce that he's voting against on the Syria resolution. National Review has obtained the text of his remarks (see below). In the speech, McConnell says that even though he's voting “no,” he's not an isolationist.

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Colin Barr / Wall Street Journal:

Alcoa, Hewlett-Packard and Bank of America to Be Dropped from Dow Industrials — Goldman Sachs, Nike and Visa to Be Added to Benchmark Index — Alcoa Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co. and Bank of America Corp. will be dropped from the Dow Jones Industrial Average next week, in the biggest shake-up of the 30-stock index in almost a decade.

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