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Morning Must Reads: January 22
In the News: Divisions at Peace Talks on Syria, Gov. McDonnell Speaks Out, Abortion, and Troops in Afghanistan
Hillary Clinton’s Unapologetically Hawkish Record Faces 2016 Test
Burned by Iraq in 2008, but still a strong voice for military action
John Kerry Embraces Fist-Bump Diplomacy With Snoop Dogg
U.S. Secretary of State and iconic rapper hang out at White House party
Obama Sees ‘Huge Victory’ In Syria Deal
The president hailed the United Nations resolution requiring the country to give up its chemical weapons
Latest Developments from the United Nations General Assembly
Video highlighting some of the most compelling moments from the annual gathering of world leaders
Russia’s Plan for Syria Could Rescue Obama, if Only it Wasn’t Likely to Fail
A litany of thorny practical and political obstacles to relieving Assad of his precious nerve gas
Reid, Boehner Refuse to Meet with Russian Lawmakers on Syria
Russia “disappointed” with the decision
Obama: Global Credibility at Stake in Syria
‘I didn’t set a red line, the world set a red line,’ president says
Syria Intervention Would Reaffirm Obama’s Biggest Flip-Flop
He was explicit in 2007 that Presidents don’t have the authority to act unilaterally except to stop ‘an actual or imminent threat’
Gaffes
Caught on candid camera, whispered into a hot mic or blurted out on the campaign trail, gaffes are what make a presidential race hum. Here’s TIME’s running tally of some of the biggest verbal blunders this year.
U.S. Evangelicals See Political, Religious Cause in Syria Conflict
Catholic Father Paolo Dall’Oglio of Syria’s Mar Musa monastery stood before Rock Springs Congregational United Church of Christ in Arlington, Virginia, on July 23 and pleaded for U.S. intervention in his homeland’s escalating civil war. Already half of Syria’s two million Christians have fled, he said, comparing the exodus of …
Romney, Obama and Syria as a ‘Leadership’ Issue
The latest massacre in Syria, this one featuring the horrific execution of dozens of children, has done little to change American policy toward the brutal regime in Damascus. But it may have escalated Syria as an issue in the presidential campaign, with unpredictable results.
In a statement yesterday, Mitt Romney accused Barack Obama …