SENATE REPUBLICANS SPEAK ON IRAQ IN WASHINGTON
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) speaks at a press conference on Iraq in Washington July 12, 2007. (UPI Photo/Kevin Dietsch)
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A growing number of members of the U.S. Congress said they would give up their pay or donate it to charity during the government shutdown that began Tuesday.
President Obama asked the U.S. Congress to delay on his request for a military strike on Syria over chemical weapons to see if a diplomatic effort takes root.
The U.S. Senate will delay a key vote on staging a military strike against Syria for allegedly gassing its citizens, Majority Leader Harry Reid said Monday.
President Bashar Assad crossed a line "that anyone with a conscience should draw" by using chemical weapons on Syrians, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said.
Two top Republicans emerged from a meeting with President Obama Monday and offered at least conditional support for the president's approach to Syria.
The United States Friday ramped up the rhetoric against Syria as it released an intelligence assessment accusing the regime of using chemical weapons.
The reported use of chemical weapons by troops loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad was "undeniable," U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Monday.
U.S.-born al-Qaida follower Adam Gadahn should be treated as an enemy combatant and captured or killed by U.S. forces, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said.
Sen. Lindsey Graham said Sunday that the United States should cut off aid to Egypt in light of the military's reaction to the protests in the country.
Two top U.S. Senate Republicans called Friday for a cutoff of U.S. aid to Egypt where hundreds of people were killed in political clashes this week.
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