Friday, September 6, 2013

A New (After Dinner) Tune

White House deputy national security adviser Tony Blinken said Friday that if Congress rejects President Obama's request to authorize a military strike against Syria, it is "neither his desire nor his intention" to carry out the attack alone.

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That admission is a significant one, as the White House's repeated caveats declaring that the president could act without congressional approval led many to believe Obama might carry out a strike against the Assad regime even if he was rebuffed by Congress.

  The Hill
Which is exactly what "many" were meant to believe.  A little international dinner set a different mood.

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