Obama to press ahead on request to Congress on Syria: White House
Source: Reuters
(Reuters) - President Barack Obama will press ahead with his plan to ask Congress to approve the use of military force in Syria, despite Syria's recent acceptance of a Russian proposal to give up its chemical weapons, White House spokesman Jay Carney said on television on Tuesday.
"What the President said last night reflects where we are this morning: we see this as potentially a positive development and we see this as a clear result of the pressure that has been put on Syria," Carney said on MSNBC, when asked for the White House reaction to new reports that Syria will cede control of its stockpile.
The White House wants to verify that Syria is serious, and so Obama will visit Capitol Hill on Tuesday to ask reluctant lawmakers to authorize limited strikes on Syria, and will address the nation on Tuesday evening about the issue, Carney said.
Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/10/us-syria-crisis-carney-msnbc-idUSBRE9890MS20130910
arewenotdemo
(2,364 posts)Maybe he wants to sing falsetto for the new Pope.
Cryptoad
(8,254 posts)Assad could sing anything!
Cryptoad
(8,254 posts)not to have a up-down vote on record on this! Gutless wonders!
R. Daneel Olivaw
(12,606 posts)bridges and airports?
How else do you expect them to earn their keep?
Cryptoad
(8,254 posts)Ole Standby
Myrina
(12,296 posts)One way or another, for whatever reason comes in handy on that day.
Now the general public's gotta ask: WHO is pushing so hard for this, and why? (Most of us here already know the answer).
MisterP
(23,730 posts)JoePhilly
(27,787 posts)The reason that they are continuing to include this possibility is to that Assad can't step away from the deal.
Take away the threat, Assad walks away and keeps the Chemical weapons.