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Obama Delays Syria Strike to Focus on Russian Plan to Remove Chemical Weapons


(New York Times) Mark Landler and Jonathan Weisman - President Obama said Tuesday that he would hold off on military action in Syria and pursue a Russian proposal for international monitors to take over and destroy Syria's chemical weapons. The president said he had asked Congressional leaders to postpone a vote authorizing military action - a vote he was almost certain to lose.
2013-09-11 00:00:00
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