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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums2pm est today: U.N. Ambassador Power Discusses Potential Action in Syria
Washington, DC
Friday, September 6, 2013
U.N. Ambassador Samantha Power discusses the conflict in Syria, focusing on the Assad regime's use of chemical weapons against Syrian citizens and the Obama administration's case for targeted military strikes. The Center for American Progress hosts this event.
live video at 2 at this link:
http://www.c-span.org/Events/UN-Ambassador-Power-Discusses-Potential-Action-in-Syria/10737441282/
leftstreet
(36,109 posts)Can't wait
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)And don't tell us doing nothing isn't an option.
quinnox
(20,600 posts)they both are super hawkish, and want this intervention badly.
The Straight Story
(48,121 posts)The Straight Story
(48,121 posts)cali
(114,904 posts)such as that being delivered by the woman who's the President of the Center for American Progress.
cali
(114,904 posts)President Obama today conceded that he could fail to convince the American public to back proposed U.S. military strikes against Syria, but said that members of Congress should vote to approve the action anyway.
"It's conceivable that, at the end of the day, I don't persuade a majority of the American people that it's the right thing to do," Obama said in response to a question from ABC News during a solo press conference at the conclusion of the G20 summit in St. Petersburg, Russia.
But, Obama said, members of Congress need to consider the lessons of World War II and their own consciences and vote 'yes' to authorize the use of force, even if it means going against the opinion of the majority of their constituents.
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http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/president-obama-calls-conscience-vote-syria-public-opposed/story?id=20178022