Comparative Politics

his first with an American television network in two years

as been no evidence that I used chemical we

gainst the interests of the United States, Assad added during the CBS News interview. He also warned about "repurcussions" if the U.S. strkes Syria: "Expect every action," he said.

Speaker John A. Boehner said on Tuesday that he would “support the president’s call to action”

Republican, quickly joined Mr. Boehner to say he also backed Mr. Obama

Many spies, politicians and military men believed that the Iraqi dictator held such weapons, because their experience of Saddam's use of poison gas in Halabja and during the Iran-Iraq war,

a horrible conflict that in many ways demands a forceful response, but where any such response is so fraught with risk as to make it difficult to contemplate

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