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Russia Vetoes Syria Chemical Weapons Inquiry
(AP-Politico) Russia vetoed a U.S.-drafted UN resolution on Tuesday to condemn last weekend's gas attack near Damascus and establish a new body to determine responsibility for Syrian chemical weapons attacks. The Security Council vote was 12 in favor, Bolivia joining Russia in voting "no," and China abstaining. U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley said the U.S. "went the extra mile" to get Russian support for the resolution to ensure that a new investigative body would be impartial, independent and professional. Russia's UN Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia called the previous expert body, whose extension Moscow blocked in November, "a puppet in the hands of anti-Damascus forces."