Obama takes Syria argument to skeptical Congress
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President Barack Obama is going to Congress on Tuesday with fresh hopes of a diplomatic breakthrough that would allow Syria's government to avert US missile strikes if it surrenders its chemical weapons arsenal. He then addresses the nation from the White House Tuesday night.
Obama had planned to use Tuesday's meetings to lobby for his plan of targeted strikes against Syrian President Bashar Assad's forces. Instead, he signaled in several interviews Monday evening that new diplomacy involving Russia and others could eliminate the risks of a repeat chemical attack without requiring an American intervention. (AP)
