Back home, high-stakes week on Syria awaits Obama

By Josh Lederman

Published September 7, 2013 6:26pm ET

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Back home, high-stakes week on Syria awaits Obama — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, right, and France's Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius at the Quai d' Orsay, in Paris during their meeting Saturday , Sept. 7, 2013. Kerry traveled to Europe to court international support for a possible strike on the Syrian regime for its alleged use of chemical weapons while making calls back home to lobby Congress where the action faces an uphill battle. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon) | Jacques Brinon

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama faces a high-stakes week of trying to convince a skeptical Congress and a war-weary American public that they should back him on a military strike against Syria.

His administration came under pressure Saturday from European officials to delay possible action until U.N. inspectors report their findings about an Aug. 21 chemical attack that Obama blames on the Assad government.

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