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Barack Obama has been given the green light to attack Syria.
A Senate panel voted to give the US president the authority to use military force against Bashar al-Assad by ten votes to seven.
The full Senate is expected to vote on the measure next week.
The resolution would permit Mr Obama to order a limited military mission against Syria, as long as it does not exceed 90 days and involves no American troops on the ground for combat operations.
The vote marked the first time US politicians have authorised military action since the October 2002 votes giving George W Bush the power to invade Iraq.
At a press conference in Stockholm, Sweden, Mr Obama said the western powers must mean what they say. My credibility is not on the line, he said. The international communitys credibility is on the line.
America and Congresss credibility is on the line, because we give lip-service to the notion that these international norms are important. The strike is expected to cost the US a significant amount.
We have looked at the different costs, said defence secretary Chuck Hagel. It would be in the tens of millions of dollars, that kind of range.
Barack Obama given green light to attack Syria by US Senate panel | Metro News
A Senate panel voted to give the US president the authority to use military force against Bashar al-Assad by ten votes to seven.
The full Senate is expected to vote on the measure next week.
The resolution would permit Mr Obama to order a limited military mission against Syria, as long as it does not exceed 90 days and involves no American troops on the ground for combat operations.
The vote marked the first time US politicians have authorised military action since the October 2002 votes giving George W Bush the power to invade Iraq.
At a press conference in Stockholm, Sweden, Mr Obama said the western powers must mean what they say. My credibility is not on the line, he said. The international communitys credibility is on the line.
America and Congresss credibility is on the line, because we give lip-service to the notion that these international norms are important. The strike is expected to cost the US a significant amount.
We have looked at the different costs, said defence secretary Chuck Hagel. It would be in the tens of millions of dollars, that kind of range.
Barack Obama given green light to attack Syria by US Senate panel | Metro News
get a grip dude,russia won't attack its own shadow 
