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Mission accomplished are a phrase the pentagon rarely uses in order -- in order not to tempt fate. in this case the pentagon and white house defined the mission narrowly to respond to assad's aparent use of chemical weapons. >> together we have sent a clear message to assad and his murderous lieutenants that they cannot perpetrate another chemical weapons attack for which they will be held accountable. >> we have attacked the heart of the syrian chemical weapons program. i'm not saying they won't be able to reconstitute it. i'm not saying that it is going to continue. this is dealt in a very s...

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You keep. >> russia delivered the expected response on the attack, president putin denouncing what he called an act of aggression against a sovereign state committed without a mandate from the u.n. security council and in violation of the u.n. charter and norms and principles of international law. the national security council says it is pleased that while russia has been making these statements, which vat -- which putin and other russian officials feel they have to make there has been no quote conflict with russia either during the strike or since. kelly: russia is also claiming syria shot do...

Pictures with the after by the smoke coming up. they aspear to show the -- they aspear -- they appear to show the structures were flattened. they appear to be heaps of rubble. the generals of the pentagon says part of the decision making was to minimize civilian casualties. thus far we have reports of only three injuries and that was near the targets outside of homes. kelly? kelly: all right, mike, so as you look at this and what's reaction in the region? >> well, you know, you have such a complex web of alliances -- alliances and interest. you get a wide swath of reactions. take the supporter...