Tag: Syria

President Obama said in an interview with ABC that a "very smooth and disciplined and linear" policy might have been well-received, but been disastrous in practice. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

National Security

Obama defends Syria policy, doesn’t worry about ‘style points’

Brian Hughes · September 15, 2013 4:00 am

Russian President Vladimir Putin's scolding of the United States and American exceptionalism, is, as Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., said, "an insult to the intelligence of every American."ÃÂ (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

The thuggish Mr. Putin speaks to America

Brandon James Smith · September 15, 2013 4:00 am

FILE - In this Sept. 5, 2013, President Barack Obama reaches to shakes hands with Russia's President Vladimir Putin during arrivals for the G-20 summit in St. Petersburg, Russia. Obama welcomed an agreement reached with Russia Saturday, Sept. 14, 2013, to secure and destroy Syria's chemical weapons stockpile, but warned that the U.S. remains prepared to act if the attempt at a diplomatic solution fails. "I welcome the progress made between the United States and Russia through our talks in Geneva, which represents an important, concrete step toward the goal of moving Syria's chemical weapons under international control so that they may ultimately be destroyed," Obama said Saturday. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, Pool File)

Obama welcomes Syrian chemical weapons agreement

Darlene Superville · September 14, 2013 6:44 pm

FILE - In this Sept. 10, 2013, photo, President Barack Obama addresses the nation in a live televised speech from the East Room of the White House in Washington. After two-and-a-half years of civil war, Obamaâs larger Syria policy is in disarray even as his administration with help from Russia averted a military showdown for the time-being. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, Pool)

Obama’s larger Syria strategy in disarray

Bradley Klapper · September 14, 2013 1:27 pm

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, gesture while making statements to the media following meetings regarding Syria, at a news conference in Geneva, Switzerland, Saturday Sept. 14, 2013. U.S. Secretary of State Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov said Saturday they have reached an agreement on a framework for Syria to destroy all of its chemical weapons, and would seek a U.N. Security Council resolution that could authorize sanctions, short of military action, if Syrian President Bashar Assad's government fails to comply. (AP Photo / Larry Downing)

Kerry announces deal on Syrian chemical weapons

Meghashyam Mali · September 14, 2013 4:00 am

Zogby’s Report Card: Obama ducked on Syria, but U.S. avoided war

Washington Secrets

Zogby’s Report Card: Obama ducked on Syria, but U.S. avoided war

Paul Bedard · September 14, 2013 4:00 am

Ten months after concluding a victorious campaign, President Obama finds himself with a public approval rating of 44 percent. (Getty Images File)

Heavy is the head of Barack Obama

Steve Chapman · September 14, 2013 4:00 am

Trying to turn the page on Syria, Obama to mark 5-year anniversary of financial crisis

Trying to turn the page on Syria, Obama to mark 5-year anniversary of financial crisis

Susan Crabtree · September 14, 2013 4:00 am

WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 12: U.S. Speaker of the House Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) speaks to members of the press during a news conference September 12, 2013 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Boehner held the news conference to discuss House Republican agendas. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Beltway Confidential

Why House Republican Leadership wants to fight on debt limit, not continuing resolution

Conn Carroll · September 14, 2013 4:00 am

Sergei Lavrov, Russian Foreign Minister, speaks during a press conference after a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and U.N.-Arab League envoy Lakdar Brahimi, both unseen, at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Friday, Sept. 13, 2013. Kerry and Lavrov say the prospects for a resumption in the Syria peace process are riding on the outcome of their chemical weapons talks. (AP Photo/Keystone, Martial Trezzini)

US-Russia reach agreement on Syria weapons

Associated Press · September 14, 2013 4:00 am

President Barack Obama's motorcade moves up Pennsylvania Ave. in the direction of the U.S. Capitol, center, Saturday, Sept. 14, 2013, in Washington, en route to Andrews Air Force Base to golf. After days of intense negotiations, the United States and Russia reached agreement Saturday on a framework to secure and destroy Syria's chemical weapons by mid-2014 and impose U.N. penalties if the Assad government fails to comply. Obama made clear that "if diplomacy fails, the United States remains prepared to act." (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama hails deal as ‘important’ step, expects Syria to comply

Meghashyam Mali · September 14, 2013 4:00 am

Putin’s foreign minister claims Russia can veto future U.S. strike in Syria

Beltway Confidential

Putin’s foreign minister claims Russia can veto future U.S. strike in Syria

Joel Gehrke · September 14, 2013 4:00 am