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September 4, 2013

Senate panel votes to authorize force in Syria

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Senate panel has voted to give President Barack Obama the authority to use military force against…
September 4, 2013

Will House liberals stand with Obama on Syria?

theGRIO REPORT - The president's push for a military strike in Syria has divided Democrats in the House of Representatives,…
September 3, 2013

Tavis Smiley: Obama ‘dishonoring’ MLK with proposed action in Syria

theGRIO REPORT - PBS host Tavis Smiley finds fault with Obama's plans in Syria especially in light of the 50th…
September 3, 2013

5 reasons why Syria is not Obama’s Iraq

ANALYSIS - The comparisons between the U.S.'s decision to invade Iraq a decade ago and the current consideration of an…
August 31, 2013

Obama to seek congressional OK for US action in Syria

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says he has decided that the United States should take military action against Syria…
August 30, 2013

Obama: US has obligation as world leader to act on Syria

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says he recognizes the world and the U.S. are war-weary in the face of…
August 30, 2013

John Kerry: Syrian regime planned for chemical attack

WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State John Kerry says the U.S. knows, based on intelligence, that the Syrian regime carefully…
August 29, 2013

Take theGrio’s user survey on the crisis in Syria

theGRIO SURVEY - There is pressure on the Obama administration to intervene in some manner in regards to the civil…
August 28, 2013

Would Martin Luther King support Obama’s foreign policies?

OPINION - To put Dr. King in an American reality of a decade more or war in the Middle East,…
July 3, 2013

Egyptian military says it has ousted Morsi; crowds celebrate in Cairo

NBC NEWS - Mohammed Morsi, in office only a year as the first democratically elected leader of Egypt, was rousted…
May 13, 2013

Obama faces new challenges, but not ‘curse’

ANALYSIS - Obama hardly seems likely to be forced out of office, impeached or have the kind of incident like…
September 25, 2012

President Barack Obama urges United Nations to confront roots of Muslim rage

UNITED NATIONS (AP) - President Barack Obama told world leaders Tuesday that attacks on U.S. citizens in Libya "were attacks…
August 30, 2012

Condoleezza Rice says US standing in the world is at risk

TAMPA, Florida (AP) - Republicans delivered a scathing indictment of President Barack Obama's national security policy, although the Democrat's aggressive…
August 3, 2012

Kofi Annan quits as Syrian envoy, blames lack of unity

BEIRUT (AP) - Kofi Annan announced his resignation Thursday as peace envoy to Syria and issued a blistering critique of…
April 23, 2012

Obama at Holocaust Memorial Museum: 'Seeds of hate' must not take root

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama says atrocities against peoples across the globe begin with daily ignorance and intolerance and…
March 22, 2012

Marine faces boot for anti-Obama Facebook posts

SAN DIEGO (AP) - A Marine sergeant who started a Facebook group that is openly critical of President Obama and…
March 21, 2012

Rev. Jesse Jackson aims to lead religious delegation to Syria

GENEVA (AP) - The Rev. Jesse Jackson says he is working to lead a delegation of religious figures to Syria…
March 13, 2012

Obama tested by events outside his control

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is getting another dose of the reality of his job: the out-of-his-control events that…
November 21, 2011

Rice: Assad taking Syria to brink of civil war

WASHINGTON (AP) - Rice tells CNN's "State of the Union" that Assad's crackdown is creating a very dangerous situation...