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This, and ill just try to pin you down a little bit. if this resolution fails in congress, would you act without congress? the answer could be yes, no or i havent decided. >> yeah, i think its fair to say that i havent decided. i am taking this vote in congress and what the american people are saying very seriously. if you ask somebody, if you ask michelle, do we want to be involved in another war, the answers no. people are wary about it, understandably. they have seen the consequences of this ...

The state department, they felt the need to clarify. kerry was "speaking rhetorically about a situation we thought had very low probability of happening. we will have to take a hard look at the russian statement." and in an already remarkable day, president obama said he had not yet decided what he would do if he lost the votes in congress. >> for me, the president, to act without consensus in a situation where theres not a direct, imminent threat to the homeland or interests around the world, t...

This, and ill just try to pin you down a little bit. if this resolution fails in congress, would you act without congress? the answer could be yes, no or i havent decided. >> yeah, i think its fair to say that i havent decided. i am taking this vote in congress and what the american people are saying very seriously. if you ask somebody, if you ask michelle, do we want to be involved in another war, the answers no. people are wary about it, understandably. they have seen the consequences of this ...

Congressional approval. >> would you act without congress? the answer could be yes, no, or i havent decided. >> i think its fair to say that i havent decided. i am taking this vote in congress and what the american people are saying very seriously. because if you ask somebody, you know, i read polls like everybody else and you if ask somebody, if you ask michele, do we want to be involved in another war, the answer is, no. and so i recognize how important that debate is and its my belief that fo...

And if you ask somebody, if you ask michelle do we want to be involved in another war the answer is no so i recognize how important that debate is and its my belief that for me, the president, to act without consensus in a situation where theres not a direct imminent threat to the homeland or interests around the world that thats not the kind of precedent that i want to set. >> meanwhile, russian leadership embraced a plan that appeared to have been floated rhetorically by secretary john kerry y...

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