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Expected him to announce strikes were imminent or under way. but then the breaks. the president said he would wait for congress to decide. p vote was expected this past week, but then president obama called for another pause as congressional leaders struggled to cobble together enough votes and secretary of state john kerry tried to gauge how serious russia was in its offer to put syria s chemical weapons under international control and eventually destroy them. then this morning the news this may have worked. after a week of being called weak, flaccid, and not the master of the situation, does this change our assessment of the president? joining me now, ed hussein, senior fellow for middle eastern study, the council on foreign relations, kay ten dawson, consultant and former senior adviser to governor rick perry. doreen mourn, columbia university, and dr. nina kusheva, associate professor in the graduate program and senior fellow at the world policy ....
Operating at the same time. we could talk about that for a long time. thank you to ed hussein and dr. knee that kruscheva. thanks for joining us today. up next the headlines you have to see to believe. where have all the flowers gone my name is mike and i quit smoking. chantix. it s a non-nicotine pill. i didn t want nicotine to give up nicotine. [ male announcer ] along with support, chantix (varenicline) is proven to help people quit smoking. [ mike ] when i was taking the chantix, it reduced the urge to smoke. [ male announcer ] some people had changes in behavior, thinking or mood, hostility, agitation, depressed mood and suicidal thoughts or actions while taking or after stopping chantix. if you notice any of these, stop taking chantix and call your doctor right away. tell your doctor about any history of depression or other mental health problems, which could get worse while taking chantix. don t take chantix if you ve had a serious allergic or skin reaction to it. if you d ....
That from the unites nations in a new report which also claims the syrian military has been using hospitals as torture centers. the u.s. military reports the threat of a strike did slow things down on the battlefield. forces retreated some. trading attack positions for bunkers, but with the threat of military action from the u.s. on hold we re now seeing reports of new attacks, suggesting the tide may be turning in favor of the regime. with me now is ed hussein, a senior fellow for international studies and left in syria for a while. thank you for joining us. thank you for having me. trace: it seems from the rebels point of view they have lost their best chance to get assad out of power, but then if you look at things in the big picture, it s not clear the united states wants assad out of power. we don t know who is next, and the old here tory you break it, you own it. so. really, what is the game plan ....
Perhaps best adviced to come to a diplomatic settlement with the regime, whether it s a land settlement, greater political opening, releasing prisoners, or a greater degree of political transparency inside the regime. fighting against the horrendous nature of the assad regime is becoming a death to the fight and not a fight the u.s. will get involved in as things stan at the moment. so, it s wrong of them, i think to be dependent so heavily on america to come to their aid when 350 million other muslims have not come to their aid, for understandable recents. trace: they re fighting the war and politics. ed hussein. to you thank you for being here. benghazi. top lawmakers claim the white house is slowing down the investigation. the critics say it s because the administration insists on prosecuting the suspects in criminal court, giving them ....
We have come up with a plan. this is a yes. now, if the united states can agree with us, then we are the peace makers. we are the people who are trying to resolve this situation in a pragmatic way. we ve heard from the president. basically saying, listen, let s just give diplomacy a chance here. there s been this possibility, a lot of pontificating about whether in fact russia is bluffing, but what about the possibility that assad is actually playing putin? here is a guest i talked to yesterday, ed hussein, council of foreign affairs. my fear isn t the dynamic between putin and president obama. my fear is that bashar al assad, the war lord in syria, plays both off one another and ends up buying more time for himself, killing more people on the ground, securing his dictatorship in the country and having greater influence in the region. just wanted a reaction to that possibility, bobby. i think assad and putin are reading from the same hymn sheet. i don t think assad is playing ....