U.S. has sense of urgency but no timeline on Syria
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Obama administration has not set a timeline for responding to the use of chemical weapons in Syria but officials are preparing options for President Barack Obama with a sense of urgency, the State Department said on Monday.
White House says it is undeniable that chemical weapons used in Syria
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House said on Monday that it is undeniable that chemical weapons were used in Syria and that there is little doubt that the Syrian government used them.
Kerry to make statement on Syria at 2 p.m.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will make a statement on Syria at 2 p.m. EDT, the State Department said on Monday, as the United States weighs options to respond to reports of a chemical weapons attack on civilians near Damasc…
U.S. State Department denies Israeli-Palestinian peace talks canceled
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department on Monday denied reports that U.S.-brokered peace talks between Israelis and Palestinians had been canceled following clashes in the West Bank.
U.S. would only act on Syria with international community: Hagel
JAKARTA (Reuters) – The United States would only take action on Syria in concert with the international community and with legal justification in response to the alleged chemical weapons attacks in Damascus, U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said on M…
U.S. spy agency edges into the light after Snowden revelations
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – There was a time when the U.S. National Security Agency was so secretive that government officials dared not speak its name in public. NSA, the joke went, stood for “No Such Agency.”
U.S. response to Syria must be international action: senior Democrat
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Any U.S. response to the alleged use of chemical weapons in Syria must be part of an international action, a senior U.S. Democratic senator, Jack Reed, said on Sunday.
Liz Cheney welcomed at Republican event despite fishing license snafu
EMBLEM, Wyoming (Reuters) – U.S. Senate candidate Liz Cheney received a mostly warm welcome from some 300 conservative Wyoming voters on Saturday despite having committed a political gaffe by mistakenly buying the wrong fishing license.
Obama, national security team hash out options on Syria
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. military and national security advisers presented President Barack Obama on Saturday with a range of options for responding to the alleged use of chemical weapons by the Syrian government, the White House said.
Insight: Quietly, businesses help reshape U.S. immigration debate
HOUSTON (Reuters) – If Texas Representative Ted Poe was looking for reassurance that backing an overhaul of U.S. immigration laws won’t be political suicide for conservatives like him, he may have found it this week at a seafood restaurant on the outsk…
