Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Syria: Obama postpones military option - to provide diplomacy a chance to resolve crisis

U.S. President Barack Obama postponed his threat to strike Syria, after Bashar al-Assad's regime welcomed a Russian plan to gather and destroy its chemical arsenal.

In an address from the White House, Obama said he had asked U.S. lawmakers to delay a vote on whether to authorize military action while Washington studies the Russian initiative.

He said he would stay in personal contact with Russia's President Vladimir Putin and would dispatch Secretary of State John Kerry to Geneva for

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