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No. i intend to vote yes but back in 1999, when kosovo, the house did vote against engagement of kosovo and bill clinton kept fighting anyway and ultimately a vote did pass but he had bombing missions carried out in kosovo after the house of representatives voted against taking action. so the president has the constitutional pour to do it. by now i have no clue what is in the presidents mind on the issue. >> do you think the house majority, the republicans in hi house, will as a group vote for o...

That only adolph hitler and saddam hussein breached that in time of war since then and now assad joins them. i think to contemplate that the congress of the united states would turn its back on israel, on jordan, on turkey, on our allies in the region, turn its back on the innocent syrian people who have been slaughtered by this gas, and those who yet may be subject to an attack, if we dont stand up to this, i cant contemplate that the congress would turn its back on all of that responsibility a...

Quick. i made the case for why we needed to take action. >> you talk about making a decision now. if i may, though, sir, the white house -- >> the president has taken -- the president has taken his decision, chris. the president announced his decision yesterday. >> but nothing is going to happen for ten days. >> well, chris, it will happen with the consent of the congress of the united states. and be much more powerful and, i believe, allow us to even do more coordinating with our friends and al...

Said that this matter, matters beyond the borders of syria. take a look. >> it is about whether iran, which itself has been a victim of chemical weapons attacks, will now feel emboldened in the absence of action to obtain nuclear weapons. it is about hezbollah. and north korea. >> what message are we sending to iran and hezbollah and north korea when the president announces he thinks we should take military action but he is going to wait nine days for congress to come back before he takes any ac...

Inhovel indicated, were beginning the deliberations next were witch the foreign relations committee and the armedded self-s committee to build the case and get the support of congress and get the support of the american people. >> senator reid, senator inhofe, congressman king, thank you for joining us today. many of your colleagues wanted to debate the presidents plan. now youll get your chance, gentlemen. >> thank you, chris. >> coming up, well bring in our sunday panel, including a retired fo...

Out? short-term, limited, basically focused on attacking assads chemical weapons capability. >> first of all, i dont like the fact we have given the enemy so much time to harbor resources. i think this action should have been over by now. secondly, i did support the limited action. if the objective is to reduce significant military capability and i was suggesting that assad would never use chemical weapons and have to give up his air power. that is within the means of the instruments that were d...

I will do everything i can, including my amigos. dont let them fail. >> does a limited strike after a delay serve a useful purpose? >> it depends how limited it is, i suppose. what general keane is saying you can stop short of a regime change. >> im talking about what the president is talking about. >> what the president is talking about is useless. we can throw a few missiles and have a thud and beat his chest and have the iranians conclude. all you have to do is in encarnacispeciall essence pa...

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