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I'm sure will do tomorrow night is make it clear what this is and what this isn't. what this is is a limited targeted but we believe effective action to deal with the chemical weapons problem. what it is not, it's not open-ended, not boots on the ground, not afghanistan, not iraq, it's nothing like that. it is not taking the country to war. as the american people understand that and understand how important it is for us to stand up -- to enforce the prohibition against using chemical weapons, i think they'll get behind it. >> but the american people i think understand that's what you're saying...

If we don't enforce this prohibition, they will take the wrong lesson from it. many members asked how -- what we proposed to do fit into our larger strategy for syria. and we explained that as we act to deal with the chemical weapons problem, it's in the context of a broader strategy that we've been pursuing for some time to try and bring the civil war in syria to a negotiated political transition. we believe that's the best way to do it because it offers the greatest prospect for there not being a vacuum after assad leaves that could be filled with things as bad if not worse and the best pros...

Watching what we're doing. if we don't stand up and enforce this prohibition, they will take the wrong lesson from it. many members asked how what we proposed to do fit into our larger strategy for syria. and we explained as we act to deal with the chemical weapons problem, it's in the context of a broader strategy we've been purr seeing for sometime to try and bring the civil war in syria to an end, negotiated political transition. we believe that's the best way to do it because it offers the greatest prospect for their not being a vacuum. after assad leaves they could be filled by things as ...

Some? >> in fact there were some reports today in newspapers suggesting senate rogue elements of the say sad regime may have gotten their hands on chemical weapons but that's not the case according to uk defense secretary just moments ago. >> the evidence that we have is that the regime is largely in control of its chemical weapons, principle chemical weapons site. that's not the same as saying we are able to account for every last unit of chemical stocks, but there is no evidence that the regime has lost control of significant chemical weapon sites yet. >> i'm told from pentagon sources there...