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Putting people back to work. educating our kids. growing our middle-class. it's no wonder then that you're asking hard questions. so let me answer some of the most important questions i have heard from members of congress and that i read in letters you have sent to me. first, many of you have asked -- won't this put us on a slippery slope to another war? one man wrote to me that we are still recovering from our involvement in iraq. a veteran put it more bluntly. this nation is sick and tired of war. my answer is simple -- i will not put american boots on the ground in syria. i will not pursue ...

Weapons and degrading assad's capabilities. others have asked whether it is worth acting if we don't take out assad? some members of congress have said there is no point in simply doing a pinprick strike in syria. let me make something clear. the united states military doesn't do pinpricks. even a limited strike will send a message to assad that no other nation can deliver. i don't think we should remove another dictator with force. we learned from iraq that doing so makes us responsible for all that comes next. but a targeted strike can make assad or any other dictator think twice before usin...

There. the support its just not there. that means we have to find other ochti options. this is an ochtion we thought was viable last week. now i have other of of my colleagues. looking, refining. i don't have pride of authorship nor does heidi. or ownership. anybody that can make it belter. fine. but we have moved the ball from imminent strike to an option of. >> senator joe manchin of west virginia. thank you. >> rachel, if i can say this, heidi and i have talked about this and everything. military, the superpower does not mean that military might is what defines a super power. you have to ha...

Moment in the interview in the press secretary with secretary kerry. the idea was floated as you know. i would like to think there was a range of options. weren't just given two, for a strike or for doing nothing. and i just rejected that that was -- the two, well, the full range of options. i am glad this one has come up. and again, with a full recognition that that, the russians and the syrians don't have a great track record with following through. >> however this came about. president obama and president putin, discussed the matter at the g-20. they met privately. gave a long ticktock. thi...

We are in a better place today than we were yesterday. the day before. definitely last week. >> senator, now, sorry to interrupt you. now that we are hearing the syrian government saying they will sign on to the chemical weapons convention. they're reacting favorably to their ally, russia, saying they ought to, not only declare, hand over. and destroyed all the weapons now. it seems possible. they agreed to it. we are starting to hear how difficult it would be. a hot war. getting inspectors in would be difficult. how will we find them. how will we verify. how difficult would this be in practic...