Obama: Military to maintain current posture

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has ordered the U.S. military to maintain its current posture to keep the pressure on Syrian President Bashar Assad’s regime should diplomacy fail.

In his televised address Tuesday night, the president outlined his plans to respond to the use of chemical weapons in a Damascus suburb last month that the U.S. says killed more than 1,400 people. Obama says he’s working closely with world leaders.

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