New House and Senate measures limit scope of Syria strike in effort to win votes

Susan Ferrechio The Washington Examiner 9/3/2013  

Lawmakers in the House and Senate hope that a more narrowly drawn war resolution, one that imposes limits on any U.S. military action against Syria, will help win over dozens of Republicans and Democrats now inclined to oppose the measure.

Reps. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., and Chris Van Hollen, […]

Dennis Miller: ‘Save the Date’

Dennis Miller Facebook 9/3/2013

“We have GOT to be the only country that sends out “Save the Date” attack cards.”  

 

 

 

‘It’s Explicit’: Rand Paul Battles John Kerry Over the Constitution, Syria in Tense Senate Showdown

Becket Adams The Blaze 9/3/2013

…“If we do not say that the Constitution applies, if we do not say explicitly that we will abide by this vote,” the senator lectured, “you’re making a joke of us. You’re making us into theater. And so we play Constitutional theater for the president.”

Secretary Kerry became visibly agitated.

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McCain: We need to intervene in Syria’s civil war to save Obama’s shambolic foreign policy. American people disagree.

McCain: Rejection of Syria war resolution would be ‘catastrophic’

David R. Sands The Washington Times 9/2/2013

Emerging from a private briefing with President Obama at the White House on Monday, Sen. John McCain warned it would be “catastrophic” if Congress rejected a resolution authorizing Mr. Obama to take military action against Syria over its suspected […]

Syria: Outrage is Not a Strategy

Never Go to War without the Support of Your People

 

Michael Yon Online Magazine 02 September 2013

…With Syria reaching full pitch in 2013, allegations that President Bashar al-Assad used chemical weapons on 21 August against his own people roiled the airwaves.

A year after the Benghazi attack that claimed our Ambassador […]

Won’t this interfer with Obama’s weekly round of golf?

31 August 2013

 

 

Sources tell me the Sunday WH classified briefing on #Syria will be for ALL House members and in-person. Early afternoon.

— Major Garrett (@MajorCBS) August 31, 2013

Update: Syria Pitch to Public an Uphill Climb

After watching the British Parliament turn back Prime Minister David Cameron’s call for military […]

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