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The president's walk-back: A pink line over Damascus?
WASHINGTON - You know you're in trouble when you can't even get your walk-back story straight. Stung by the worldwide derision that met President Obama's fudging and fumbling of his chemical-weapons red line in Syria, the White House leaked to The New...
Tags: Israel, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), Jay Carney, Bashar Assad, White House
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Syria is still not our fight
WASHINGTON -- President Obama is right to resist the mounting pressure for military intervention in Syria. Action by U.S. forces may or may not make the situation better -- but certainly could make things worse. This assessment could change, of course....
Tags: Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), NATO, Bashar Assad, Abdullah II of Jordan, Wars and Interventions
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Proposed UN resolution backs political transition in Syria, condemns regime; Brahimi to stay
Associated PressUNITED NATIONS (AP) — An Arab-backed resolution calling for a political transition in Syria and strongly condemning the regime's escalating use of heavy weapons and "gross violations" of human rights was circulated Thursday to the U.N. General...Tags: Moscow (Russia), Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), China, Bashar Assad, France
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Should U.S. intervene in Syria?
Some Republican U.S. senators are urging President Obama to intervene more aggressively on the side of rebels in the Syrian civil war, especially in the wake of reports that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has used chemical weapons against his people....
Tags: Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), Bashar Assad, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Wars and Interventions, Barack Obama
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While U.S. hesitates, Syria's catastrophe grows
President Barack Obama said the use of chemical weapons in Syria would cross a "red line," be a "game changer" and possibly change his opinion about intervening to halt President Bashar Assad's slaughter of civilians in Syria. Reports from NATO, other...
Tags: Government, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), Bashar Assad, National Government, NATO
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Syrian intervention: Some questions
WASHINGTON -- For all the armchair generals advocating U.S. military intervention in Syria, I have a few questions: Is human suffering the reason for the United States to act? That is the noblest and most altruistic of motives, and the estimated 70,...
Tags: Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), War in Afghanistan (2001-present), Bashar Assad, Wars and Interventions, Afghanistan
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Obama's red line on Syria gets squiggly
The hawks are squawking. Congressional conservatives and the right-wing media are blasting President Barack Obama for going soft on the Syrians. The president insists there is a "game-changing" red line the Syrian government will have crossed if it is...
Tags: Saxby Chambliss, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), John McCain, Bashar Assad, Pulitzer Prize Awards
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Donnelly talks Syrian, Afghan wars
South Bend TribuneReports that rebel fighters in Syria may have used chemical weapons in their fight against the regime there are damaging if true, U.S. Sen. Joe Donnelly said today. But he cautioned against jumping to conclusions until all of the facts are in. "If...Tags: Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), Al-Qaeda, Bashar Assad, Federal Aviation Administration, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Tilting Syria
President Barack Obama painted himself into a corner last summer when he said Syrian President Bashar Assad's use of chemical weapons against rebel forces would be a "red line for us." Now there's evidence that chemical weapons have been used in Syria,...
Tags: Hillary Clinton, Bashar Assad, Wars and Interventions, Central Intelligence Agency, Weaponry
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Stay out of Syria
With the Iraq War behind us and our departure from Afghanistan underway, the United States could be entering a well-earned respite from fighting. But even before peace can take hold, hawks are singing the old country song: "I've enjoyed as much of this as...
Tags: U.S. Department of Defense, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), Bashar Assad, White House, Wars and Interventions
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A sensible caution, poorly stated
WASHINGTON -- People who talk incessantly often talk imprecisely, and Barack Obama, who is as loquacious as he is impressed with his verbal dexterity, has talked himself into a corner concerning Syria and chemical weapons. This is condign punishment for...Tags: Hillary Clinton, Science and Technology, Bashar Assad, Diplomacy, Central Intelligence Agency
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Column: President's caution sensible, but poorly stated
WASHINGTON — People who talk incessantly often talk imprecisely, and President Barack Obama, who is as loquacious as he is impressed with his verbal dexterity, has talked himself into a corner concerning Syria and chemical weapons. This is condign...Tags: Hillary Clinton, Science and Technology, Bashar Assad, Central Intelligence Agency, Diplomacy
May 12, 2013
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May 9, 2013
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May 2, 2013
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May 2, 2013
|Story| Aberdeen News
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