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As i think the president has made clear and as we have seen in many of these crises over the course certainly of my career here in the senate, i saw presidents do both. and i supported some and i opposed others. and on a number of-indications, occasions, presidents acted without the authorization of congress. so there is no question but that the president would have the authority and the right and conceivably the imperative to respond without any other authorization if assad were to attack again...

Entities of warfare. and we, as a nation and we as a global community, have struggled to try to enforce that through the years. its hard for me to imagine that the united states would not stand with the world against that. now, is it going to be effective? im convinced that what we can doing will reduce the possibilities of more use of gas and degrade his capacity to use this weapon. i think its imperative for us as ive said again and again, we all have, to take that step. but its significantly ...

>> well, excuse me, im sorry. i think as the president has made clear and as weve seen in many of these crisis over the course, certainly, of my career here in the senate, i saw presidents do both. and i supported some and i opposed others. and on a number of occasions, presidents acted without the authorization of congress. so there is no question, but that the president would have the authority and the right and conceivably the imperative to respond without any other authorization if assad wer...

Nuclear are the prohibited entities of warfare and we, as a nation and we as a global community have struggled to try to enforce that through the years. its hard for me to imagine that the united states would not stand with the world against that. now, is it going to be effective? im convinced that what we can do will reduce the possibilities of more use of gas and degrade his capacity to use this weapon. and i think its imperative for us, as ive said again and again, we all have, to take that s...

Accountable for atrocities like that. what president obama has said, and decided that although he knows he has the authority to act without congresss authorization, were going to have a more unified and stronger response when congress authorizes the presidents proposal. the strength of the united states response with unity is going to be far more impactful, not only on asads, but the region as well. when it comes to iran, to hezbollah. and our national security interests are at risk here. it is ...

Our constituents, that may be more than anything else comes out to me loud and clear. i guess when i look at this question, i see two questions inherent in the one. one we have to ask ourself, is there a moral or national security imperative. and i think youve plainly made the case as has the president that there is. atrocities committed that we cannot let stand and a country that has very vital security interests to the united states. but theres a second question. and thats the one that i have ...

>> thanks for having me on. its imperative of the united states to engage in strong diplomatic efforts with the syrian opposition. to talk to them on a regular basis and thats been a big push, especially by our state department and theyve done a terrific job. we need to identify moderate opposition groupsing that come together and become more cohesive and oppose the regime of al-assad. were not blind to the fact that theres not elements in syria but we believe at the end of the day the syrian pe...

To do in syria, then putting in the whole process on pause for more than a week to wait for congressional approval. >> in a sense, im not shocked by it. when hes making national security decisions like he has made of hesitation delay and its been a part of his behavior for some time, the fact of the matter is, i think the white house is somewhat paralyzed and it dominates their thinking, so what you get in the region then, strategically in the united states. here, given this attack, the moral im...

Sure that its not helping the extremists if the united states as senator graham said, quote/unquote upgrades the opposition. >> thanks for having me on. its imperative of the united states to engage in strong diplomatic efforts with the syrian opposition. to talk to them on a regular basis and thats been a big push, especially by our state department and theyve done a terrific job. we need to identify moderate opposition groupsing that come together and become more cohesive and oppose the regime...

So, what you get in the region, then, strategically, is a sense of a lack of certainty of the united states. are we going to be there for them? here, given the horrific nature of this attack, given the moral imperative that lead are u.s. officials made about this and now we have this pattern of he was addition and delay again, we have seen its in the past, chris. even after we had certain knowledge of osama bin ladens location, it took six months to act. the same thing in libya with half measure...