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Kronologi over fredssagen og international politik 31. August 2013 / Timeline August 31, 2013
Version 3.530. August 2013, September 2013
08/31/2013
House GOP Leadership Statement On Syria
WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH),
Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA), Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy
(R-CA) and Conference Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) today
issued the following joint statement:
“Under the Constitution, the responsibility to declare war
lies with Congress. We are glad the president is seeking
authorization for any military action in Syria in response to
serious, substantive questions being raised. In consultation with
the president, we expect the House to consider a measure the week
of September 9th. This provides the president time to make his case
to Congress and the American people.”
08/31/2013
Statement by the President on Syria
Rose Garden
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http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2013/08/31/statement-president-syria
THE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon, everybody. Ten days ago, the world
watched in horror as men, women and children were massacred in
Syria in the worst chemical weapons attack of the 21st century.
Yesterday the United States presented a powerful case that the
Syrian government was responsible for this attack on its own
people...
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