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THE AUTHORIZATION OF USE OF FORCE IN SYRIA
U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
Presiding:
Senator Menendez
Date:
Tuesday, September 03, 2013
Time:
02:30 PM
Location:
Senate Hart 216
Webcast:
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The Honorable John F. Kerry
Secretary of State
U.S. Department of State
Washington, DC
The Honorable Chuck Hagel
Secretary of Defense
U.S. Department of Defense
Washington, DC
General Martin E. Dempsey
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Joint Staff Pentagon
Washington, DC
Originally posted by DocHolidaze
reply to post by eLPresidente
I have to go to work but Im gonna take a guess and say yes we are going into syria, the ironic thing is my boss is Syrian. He has family there and calls the whole thing typical American bs.
A leading skeptic of U.S. intervention in conflicts abroad said Sunday that he believes there is only a "50/50" chance that the GOP-controlled House will vote to authorize the use of U.S military force in the Syria.
"I think it's at least 50/50 whether the House will vote down involvement in the Syrian war," Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky said on NBC's Meet the Press.
"I think the Senate will rubber stamp what [Obama] wants but I think the House will be a much closer vote," he added. "And there are a lot of questions we have to ask."
Paul, a staunch defender of civil liberties who has battled against members of his own party over the government's use of drones and NSA data collection programs, said he believes it's a "mistake" to get involved in a civil war in Syria that could escalate "out of control."
Originally posted by MDDoxs
reply to post by eLPresidente
Wow the language and the preamble prior to this vote is soo biased its sickening.
"Silence our conscious"
"Not uphold justice"
"Let children's death's go unpunished?"
"Not a declaration of war, but a declaration of our values"edit on 3-9-2013 by MDDoxs because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by talklikeapirat
reply to post by MDDoxs
It's the Powell-Effect all over again, everyone kinda knows or feels it's all a charade, but they still manage to keep a straight face and go through with it.
Originally posted by earthling42
reply to post by Nyiah
I thought she was a man and sleeping
Originally posted by talklikeapirat
reply to post by eLPresidente
Have you already seen the declassified part of U.S. Assessment, the unequivocal evidence?
Originally posted by WhoDat09
Where are the speakers that are against this? All I've heard is that if we don't do it then we have let the innocent children down ..... well aside from that protester! Also Kerry said when he first started he had feeling very similar to her, so my question is what changed his mind? Who paid him and how much did they pay him to change his mind?