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HOLMES: Sorry history of the war powers debate

By Kim R. Holmes

President Obama met with National Security Adviser Susan E. Rice (left) and House Speaker John A. Boehner, Ohio Republican, in the Cabinet Room of the White House on Tuesday before meeting with members of Congress to discuss Syria and a proposed military strike. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Likely chilly reception from Putin awaits Obama

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

** FILE ** President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu previously have disagreed on the topic of stopping Iran’s suspected weapons program with military force, but the duo Wednesday said they agree on the need for action. (Associated Press)

Israel at the ready: Holds joint missile exercise with U.S. as Syria tensions reach boil

By Daniel Estrin - Associated Press

GAFFNEY: Obama’s ‘Goldilocks’ strike on Syria

By Frank J. Gaffney Jr.

Rep. Roger Williams, Texas Republican. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Push renewed to call Fort Hood act ‘terrorism’

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

Secretary of State John Kerry, left, talks to Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2013, prior to the start of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Syria where they testified. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Senators agree on Syria resolution granting Obama strike authority

By Ben Wolfgang and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

A book by George W. Bush adviser Tevi Troy explores the kinship between pop culture and the presidency. (REGNERY BOOKS)

Inside the Beltway: Syria is GOP’s hot potato

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

From left, Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey, Secretary of State John Kerry, and Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, appear before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to advance President Obama's request for congressional authorization for military intervention in Syria, a response to last month's alleged sarin gas attack in the Syrian civil war, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2013. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Kerry holds objectors responsible for any future atrocities in Syria

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

LAMBRO: Obama’s dubious road to Damascus

By Donald Lambro

House Speaker John A. Boehner, Ohio Republican, speaks to reporters outside the White House on Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2013, following a meeting between President Obama and congressional leaders to discuss the situation in Syria. Mr. Boehner said he will support the president's call for the U.S. to take action against Syria for alleged chemical weapons use and said his Republican colleagues should support the president, too. (Associated Press)

White House wins over top lawmakers on Syria

By Ben Wolfgang and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Illustration by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

BERNER: Addressing mailbox obsolescence

By Mary Berner

Sen. Ted Cruz, Texas Republican (Associated Press)

Obamacare foes claim 1 million signatures for defunding

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

**FILE** Rep. Duncan Hunter, California Republican (Associated Press)

Hunter: Obama inviting impeachment if he strikes Syria without Congress

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Sen. David Vitter

Lawmakers demand Capitol Hill not be shielded from Obamacare

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

President Obama, flanked by House Speaker John Boehner (left), Ohio Republican, and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, California Democrat, speaks to media in the Cabinet Room of the White House on Sept. 3, 2013, before a meeting with members of Congress to discuss the situation in Syria. (Associated Press)

Obama lobbies Congress, defends plan for Syria strike

By Ben Wolfgang and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Any long Syrian operation likely to run into spending issues

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Rep. Mike Rogers, Michigan Republican (Associated Press)

Rep. Mike Rogers: Congress will back Obama on Syria

By David Eldridge - The Washington Times

Turnabout: As members of the Senate, Joseph R. Biden (above), Chuck Hagel (below left) and John F. Kerry in particular defended Syrian President Bashar Assad against the demonization from the Bush administration. Now on President Obama's national security team, they have taken a starkly different view. (Associated Press)

Bashar Assad loses U.S. friends as Kerry, Hagel and Biden take Bush’s stance on Syria

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

** FILE ** President Obama delivers remarks about the ongoing situation in Syria in the Rose Garden of the White House on Saturday, Aug. 31, 2013, in Washington. Mr. Obama said that he has decided the United States should take military action against Syria in response to a deadly chemical weapons attack but that he will seek congressional authorization for the use of force. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

CURL: Obama’s 2014 calculation: Let’s have a war

By Joseph Curl

**FILE** President Obama pauses while speaking about college financial aid at Henninger High School in Syracuse, N.Y., on Aug. 22, 2013, the first day of a two-day bus tour. (Associated Press)

Charles Krauthammer slams Obama’s decision to delay Syria strike: ‘Amateur hour’

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times