Syria

The Obama administration faces a tougher examination Wednesday of its plans for military intervention in Syria, squaring off against skeptical House members a day after gaining Speaker John Boehner's endorsement and finding significant support in the Senate.

Facing roadblocks at home and abroad, President Barack Obama will urge leaders attending a global summit in Russia this week to back an American-led strike against Syria even though the prospects for military action depend on the votes of a fractured U.S. Congress.

Liz Cheney and Senator Mike Enzi (R-WY) both say President Barak Obama has been indecisive about Syria. The Wyoming Aeronautics Commission will conduct a special teleconfernece meeting Tuesday to discuss modifications to the Wyoming Aviation Capitol Improvement Program...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senior administration officials say President Barack Obama had planned to take military action against Syria without congressional authorization, but told aides Friday night that he had changed his mind. Obama announced Saturday that he wanted to launch a military strike, but would first seek lawmakers' approval...

Secretary of State John Kerry says the government in Syria, led by President Bashar al-Assad, used chemical weapons in an attack on its own citizens, killing 1,429 people, including 426 children.

U.S. officials say the intelligence linking the Syrian President Bashar Assad or his inner circle to the alleged chemical weapons attack that killed at least 100 people is no "slam dunk."

While a U.S.-led military strike in Syria appears all but inevitable, President Barack Obama faces some potentially awkward decisions about when to act.

Secretary of State John Kerry says there is "undeniable" evidence of a large-scale chemical weapons attack in Syria, with intelligence strongly pointing to Bashar Assad's regime.

A U.N. spokesman says a vehicle belonging to a team investigating the Syrian regime's alleged use of chemical weapons has been "deliberately shot at multiple times" by unidentified snipers in Damascus.

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