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But make no mistake, no political solution will ever be achievable as long as assad believes he can just gas his way out of this predicament. and we are, without question, building the coalition of support for this now. 31 countries have signed on to the g20 statement which is a powerful one endorsing the united states efforts to hold assad accountable for what he is doing. turkey, saudi arabia, qatar, france and many others are committed to joining with us in any action. we're mow in the double digits -- now in the double digits with respect to countries that are actually prepared to take act...

Interested. a lot of people say that nothing focuses the mind like the prospect of a hanging. well, it's the credible threat of force that has been on the force for these last few weeks that has for the first time brought this regime to even acknowledge that they have a chemical weapons arsenal. and it is the threat of this force and our determination to hold assad accountable that has motivated others to even talk about a real and credible international action that might have an impact. so how do you maintain that pressure? we have to continue to show syria, russia and the world that we are n...

Any military solution to what is happening in syria. but make no mistake, no political solution will ever be achievable, as long as assad believes he can just gas his way out of this predicament. and we are without question building the coalition of support for this now. 31 countries have signed on to the g-20 statement, which is a powerful one, endorsing the united states' efforts to hold assad accountable for what he is doing. turkey, saudi arabia, qatar and france joining with us in any action. we're now in double digits with respect to countries actually prepared to take action, should the...

Threat of force that's driving the diplomacy. the secretary of state john kerry echoed that view during a congressional hearing today. >> a lot of people say that nothing focuses the mind like the prospect of a hanging. well, it's the credible threat of force that has been on the table for these last weeks that has for the first time brought this regime to even acknowledge that they have a chemical weapons arsenal. and it is the threat of this force and our determination to hold assad accountable that has motivated others to even talk about a real and credible international action that might h...

Norm that has been violated. if in fact 188 countries have signed onto this chemical weapons convention, where are they on this? and is there another way to hold assad accountable for this violation, short of bombing his country, whereby the united states would be responsible for collateral damage, which could be more people being killed? >> you're still against a military strike, correct? >> i am at this point. i cannot vote in favor of authorizing the president to use military force. i don't believe all avenues have been explored. maybe if my constituents had their minds changed -- i'm in th...