Obama downplays Assad threat to retaliate

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President Obama on Monday dismissed threats from Syrian leader Bashar Assad threatening to retaliate if the U.S. launched a military strike.

“I think you always have to take all precautions and recognize that any military action, even a limited one, is a significant piece of business. And you know, we have looked very carefully at all the possibilities,” Obama told PBS’s “Newshour,” in one of six interviews he conducted as he seeks to build support for attacking Syria.

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