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This, and i'll 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 haven't decided. >> yeah, i think it's fair to say that i haven't 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 answer's no. people are wary about it, understandably. they have seen the consequences of this last decade. so, i recognize how important that debate is, and it's my belief that for me, the ...

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 there's not a direct, imminent threat to the homeland or interests around the world, that's not the kind of precedent that i want to set. i think it's important for me to listen. i've m...

This, and i'll 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 haven't decided. >> yeah, i think it's fair to say that i haven't 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 answer's no. people are wary about it, understandably. they have seen the consequences of this last decade. so, i recognize how important that debate is, and it's my belief that for me, the ...

Congressional approval. >> would you act without congress? the answer could be yes, no, or i haven't decided. >> i think it's fair to say that i haven't 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 it's my belief that for me, the president, to act without consensus in a situation where there's not a direct imminent...

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 it's my belief that for me, the president, to act without consensus in a situation where there's not a direct imminent threat to the homeland or interests around the world that that's 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 yesterday when he suggested assad could avoid an attack if he surrendered chemical weapons to inte...