Susan Ferrechio

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Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D., center, announced Monday she will not support the Senate resolution authorizing limited military force against the Syrian government. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Heidi Heitkamp joins list of Senate Democrats who oppose Syrian strike resolution

Susan Ferrechio · September 9, 2013 4:00 am

Denis McDonough on Syria vote: ‘We will be able to get this’

Susan Ferrechio · September 8, 2013 4:00 am

House Speaker John Boehner speaks with President Obama in the cabinet room of the White House on Tuesday. Obama is urging Congress to authorize military action against Syria. (Photo by Dennis Brack-Pool/Getty Images)

House leaders offer early support for strike on Syria

Susan Ferrechio · September 6, 2013 4:00 am

Senate on Friday will advance Syria resolution in deeply divided Congress

Susan Ferrechio · September 6, 2013 4:00 am

Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., said, "I do believe we have to act to deter the spread and use of weapons of mass destruction." (AP File)

Senate panel approves resolution authorizing strike in Syria while House remains skeptical

Susan Ferrechio · September 4, 2013 4:00 am

From right to left, Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Robert Menendez, D-N.J., Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., the ranking member, Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, and Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., listen to testimony from Secretary of State John Kerry, and Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel at a hearing on President Barack Obama's request for congressional authorization for military intervention in Syria, a response to last month's alleged sarin gas attack in the Syrian civil war, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2013. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

New House and Senate measures limit scope of Syria strike in effort to win votes

Susan Ferrechio · September 3, 2013 4:00 am

A protesters holds up a poster of Syrian President Bashar Assad near placards reading "U.S. killer, get out the middle east" during a demonstration in Hatay, Turkey, Sunday. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

John Kerry: Syria strike is up to Congress

Susan Ferrechio · September 1, 2013 4:00 am

Secretary of State John Kerry made the rounds on the Sunday talk shows, debating the moderators about a contrast between President Obamaâs sudden decision to delay a military strike and Kerryâs own impassioned argument in favor of such a move one day earlier. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

On talk show rounds, John Kerry denies change of course on Syria

Susan Ferrechio · September 1, 2013 4:00 am

U.S. Capitol Building, Thursday, August 8th, 2013

Congressional authorization far from certain for military strike against Syria

Susan Ferrechio · August 31, 2013 4:00 am

Columns of smoke rising from heavy shelling in the Jobar neighborhood in west Damascus, Syria. (AP/Hassan Ammar)

White House: Social media helped prove chemical attack in Syria

Susan Ferrechio · August 30, 2013 4:00 am

Congressional leaders Thursday night appeared ready to back at least a limited U.S. military strike on the Syrian government following a private telephone briefing with White House officials. (AP/Jacquelyn Martin)

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Following call with White House, lawmakers signal tepid approval for strike against Syria

Susan Ferrechio · August 29, 2013 4:00 am

Secretary of State John Kerry will brief congressional lawmakers tonight via telephone conference call about potential military action in Syria, a state department spokesperson said Thursday. (AP/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

John Kerry, Susan Rice and Chuck Hagel will brief top lawmakers on Syria tonight

Susan Ferrechio · August 29, 2013 4:00 am