Tag: Syria

House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, on Thursday said he was "insulted" by Russian President Vladimir Putin's op-ed in the New York Times, and said he had "real doubts" about Russia's efforts to broker a diplomatic resolution to the Syria standoff.ÃÂ (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Vladimir Putin op-ed rattles lawmakers

Susan Crabtree · September 12, 2013 4:00 am

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., and GOP leaders talk to reporters following a Republican strategy session at the Capitol, in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2013. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Beltway Confidential

Senate conservatives argue Cantor plan is cover for red state Democrats

Conn Carroll · September 12, 2013 4:00 am

President Barack Obama addresses the nation in a live televised speech from the East Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 10. (AP/Evan Vucci, Pool)

Path to Syria deal paved with peril

Susan Crabtree · September 12, 2013 4:00 am

Rep. Raul Labrador quit the Gang of Eight in frustration. (AP Photo/John Miller)

House immigration reformers stuck in neutral

Byron York · September 12, 2013 4:00 am

White House press secretary Jay Carney on Thursday gave a blistering response to an op-ed from Russian President Vladimir Putin which mocked the idea of American âexceptionalismâ and warned the U.S. not to strike Syria. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Jay Carney fires back at Vladimir Putin op-ed

Brian Hughes · September 12, 2013 4:00 am

Israeli soldiers man a position on the border with Syria on the Israeli controlled Golan Heights. (AP File)

Pro-Israel groups silent on new chemical weapons deal with Syria

Rebecca Berg · September 12, 2013 4:00 am

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor announced Tuesday that the House would vote this week on a stopgap government spending bill, along with a provision that would force the Senate to consider whether the presidentâs signature health care law should be funded. (AP/Jacquelyn Martin)

Beltway Confidential

Morning Examiner: The House Republican plan to delay Obamacare

Conn Carroll · September 12, 2013 4:00 am

With a deadline â and a possible government shutdown â now 18 days away, House Republicans still can't agree among themselves on a plan to fund the federal government. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Beltway Confidential

House GOP: United against Obama on Syria, divided on everything else

Byron York · September 12, 2013 4:00 am

President Obama: On Syria, We Can Wait

Jeryl Bier · September 11, 2013 1:46 pm

The Tribute in Light rises above lower Manhattan, during a test, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2013 in New York. The light display commemorates the twin towers of the World Trade Center that were destroyed in terrorist attacks 12 years ago on Sept. 11, 2001. One World Trade Center is in the center background. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

National Security

Haunting memories of Sept. 11 shape Syria debate

Josh Lederman · September 11, 2013 7:08 am

John Merry watches President Barack Obama deliver a speech about relations with Syria from McP's Pub, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2013, in Coronado, Calif. Obama said in a nationally televised address Tuesday night that recent diplomatic steps offer "the potential to remove the threat of chemical weapons" inside Syria without the use of force, but he also insisted the U.S. military will keep the pressure on President Bashar Assad "and be ready to respond" if other measures fail. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

FACT CHECK: Obama’s Syria case still lacks proof

Calvin Woodward · September 11, 2013 7:03 am

White House press secretary Jay Carney on Wednesday declined to lay out a timetable for the administration's pursuit of a Russian-brokered diplomatic solution to securing Syria's chemical weapons. (AP/Jacquelyn Martin)

White House: No timeline for Syria talks

Susan Crabtree · September 11, 2013 4:00 am