Tag: John Kerry

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John Kerry: This is not the time for armchair isolationism

Ashe Schow · September 3, 2013 4:00 am

Secretary of State John Kerry said ground troops could be necessary to ensure stability if Syria âimplodedâ or there was âa threat of Syriaâs chemical weapons cache falling into the handsâ of terrorist groups. (AP File)

John Kerry won’t completely rule out use of US troops in Syria

Tim Mak · September 3, 2013 4:00 am

In this image from video U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks from the State Department in Washington Sunday, Sept. 1, 2013, making a case for U.S. intervention in Syria. Kerry appeared at State in a series of interviews on Sunday news shows to say that the case for intervention in Syria's 2 1/2-year civil war was strengthening each day and that he expected American lawmakers to recognize the need for action when the "credibility of the United States is on the line." He said President Barack Obama has the authority to launch retaliatory strikes with or without Congress' approval, but Kerry stopped short of saying the president would do so if the House or Senate withholds support. (AP Photo/APTN)

Citing sarin use, US seeks Congress’ OK for action

Bradley Klapper · September 1, 2013 10:40 pm

Obama continues to expand the president’s war powers

Timothy P. Carney · September 1, 2013 9:00 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

Members of the UN investigation team take samples from the ground in the Damascus countryside of Zamalka, Syria, on Thursday. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network via AP video)

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John Kerry: Assad might use chemical weapons after U.S. strike

Joel Gehrke · 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

Secretary of State John Kerry famously asked, âHow can you ask a man to be the last one to die for a mistake?,â during a congressional hearing in 1971. (AP File)

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Rand Paul to John Kerry: ‘How can you ask a man to be the first one to die from a mistake?’

Joel Gehrke · September 1, 2013 4:00 am

Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime is calling the Obama administration's decision to wait for congressional authorization before taking military action a "retreat." (AP Photo/Syrian Presidency via Facebook)

John Kerry: The more Assad ‘crows’ the better case we have

Susan Crabtree · September 1, 2013 4:00 am

President Barack Obama, flanked by Vice President Joe Biden, left, speaks about the crisis in Syria in the Rose Garden of the White House on Saturday, Aug. 31, 2013 in Washington. Obama says he has decided that the United States should take military action against Syria in response to a deadly chemical weapons attack. But he says he will seek congressional authorization for the use of force. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Obama puts brakes on growth of presidential war powers

Timothy P. Carney · August 31, 2013 4:00 am

State Department Spox Calls North Korea the ‘DPRK’

Ethan Epstein · August 30, 2013 7:03 pm

Regime Change

William Kristol · August 30, 2013 6:00 pm