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White House walks back Spicer statement on Syria attack

By Jamie McIntyre, Gabby Morrongiello
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White House walks back Spicer statement on Syria attack

The White House on Monday was forced to clarify a comment made by press secretary Sean Spicer to reporters that seemed to indicate that the U.S. was lowering its threshold for the use of force in Syria.

On Monday, Spicer added barrel bombs to the list of atrocities committed by Syrian President Bashar Assad that could be met with a military response.

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