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In this Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2016, file photo released by the Syrian Presidency, Syrian President Bashar Assad speaks to The Associated Press at the presidential palace in Damascus, Syria. Syria decried a U.S. missile strike early Friday, April 7, 2017, on a government-controlled air base where U.S. officials say the Syrian military launched a deadly chemical attack earlier this week. Syria called the operation &quot;an aggression&quot; that killed at least six people. (Syrian Presidency via AP, File)

Trump strikes on Syria premature

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., center, speaks to reporters following a briefing on Syria on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, April 7, 2017. Amid measured support for the U.S. cruise missile attack on a Syrian air base, some vocal Republicans and Democrats are reprimanding the White House for launching the strike without first getting congressional approval. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Trump’s military action unnerves GOP libertarians, Dems

By KEN THOMAS and RICHARD LARDNER - Associated Press

Minnesota leaders call on Trump to consult Congress on Syria

Associated Press

In this image provided by the U.S. Navy, the guided-missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78) launches a tomahawk land attack missile in the Mediterranean Sea, Friday, April 7, 2017. The United States blasted a Syrian air base with a barrage of cruise missiles in fiery retaliation for this week's gruesome chemical weapons attack against civilians. (Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Ford Williams/U.S. Navy via AP)

The Latest: US calls for transparency in UN Syria summit

Associated Press

In this image provided by the U.S. Navy, the guided-missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78) launches a tomahawk land attack missile in the Mediterranean Sea, Friday, April 7, 2017. The United States blasted a Syrian air base with a barrage of cruise missiles in fiery retaliation for this week's gruesome chemical weapons attack against civilians. (Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Ford Williams/U.S. Navy via AP)

Pentagon investigating possible Russian cover-up of chemical-weapon strike in Syria

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

In this image provided by the U.S. Navy, the guided-missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78) launches a tomahawk land attack missile in the Mediterranean Sea, Friday, April 7, 2017. The United States blasted a Syrian air base with a barrage of cruise missiles in fiery retaliation for this week's gruesome chemical weapons attack against civilians. (Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Ford Williams/U.S. Navy via AP)

AP Explains: What is the US/Russia “deconfliction line?”

By JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, left, listens as President Donald Trump speaks during a bilateral meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping at Mar-a-Lago, Friday, April 7, 2017, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) **FILE**

Libertarian National Committee chair denounces Syria airstrikes

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Shaheen, Hassan support airstrikes decision in Syria

Associated Press

Former Texas Rep. Ron Paul speaks in Richmond, Va., on Nov. 4, 2013. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Ron Paul, former congressman, says ‘zero chance’ Bashar Assad gassed Syrians

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump prepares to speak at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla., Thursday, April 6, 2017, after the U.S. fired a barrage of cruise missiles into Syria Thursday night in retaliation for this week's gruesome chemical weapons attack against civilians. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Congress demands Trump divulge plans on Syria; debate on use of military force looming

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson speaks during a news conference at the Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Fla., Thursday, April 6, 2017, (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Rex Tillerson Russia ‘failed’ to deliver on vow to secure Syria’s chemical weapons

Associated Press

In this picture taken on Tuesday, April 4, 2017, victims of the suspected chemical weapons attack lie on the ground, in Khan Sheikhoun, in the northern province of Idlib, Syria. The death toll from a suspected chemical attack on a northern Syrian town rose to 72 on Wednesday as activists and rescue workers found more terrified survivors hiding in shelters near the site of the harrowing assault, one of the deadliest in Syria's civil war. (Alaa Alyousef via AP)

Timeline of the Syria civil war and U.S. response

Associated Press

In this June 28, 2013 file photo, Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., listens during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Capitol is suddenly awash with trouble-makers and rebels, and that’s just the Republicans. Whatever GOP unity was produced by Donald Trump’s victory in November has all but disappeared, and Republican leaders are confronting open rebellion in their ranks as they try to finalize health care legislation. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Thomas Massie wanted congressional approval before Syria strike

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla., Thursday, April 6, 2017, after the U.S. fired a barrage of cruise missiles into Syria Thursday night in retaliation for this week's gruesome chemical weapons attack against civilians. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

The Latest: Trump says Syria attack in ‘vital’ US interest

Associated Press

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson speaks during a news conference at the Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Fla., Thursday, April 6, 2017, (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Tillerson to visit Moscow as US, Russia face fresh tensions

By JOSH LEDERMAN - Associated Press

Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., addresses the media at the Ambassador Bridge border crossing, Monday, March 27, 2017, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio) ** FILE **

Gary Peters: Donald Trump must move to oust Syrian President Bashar Assad

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

In this June 7, 2016, file photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian President Bashar Assad, addresses a speech to the newly elected parliament at the parliament building, in Damascus, Syria. (SANA via AP)

Syrian calls U.S. military attack an an “aggression”

Associated Press

This frame grab from video provided on Tuesday April 4, 2017, by Qasioun News Agency, that is consistent with independent AP reporting, shows a Syrian man carrying a man on his back who has suffered from a suspected chemical attack, in the town of Khan Sheikhoun, northern Idlib province, Syria. The suspected chemical attack killed dozens of people on Tuesday, Syrian opposition activists said, describing the attack as among the worst in the country's six-year civil war. (Qasioun News Agency, via AP)

Syria has ‘ridiculously huge’ stockpile of sarin gas, Pentagon memo reveals

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

President Vladimir Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov speaks with The Associated Press in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, April 6, 2017. Peskov tells The Associated Press that Russia's support for Syrian President Bashar Assad is not unconditional, with Putin's Spokesman talking several days after a suspected chemical weapons attack on a Syrian rebel-held province. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

AP Interview: Kremlin support for Assad not unconditional

By BY IAN PHILLIPS and KATE DE PURY - Associated Press

In this photo provided by the U.S. Navy, the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ross (DDG 71) departs Rota, Spain, on March 29, 2017. The United States fired a barrage of cruise missiles into Syria Thursday night in retaliation for this week’s gruesome chemical weapons attack against civilians, the first direct American assault on the Syrian government and Donald Trump’s most dramatic military order since becoming president. The Tomahawk missiles were fired from warships USS Porter and USS Ross in the Mediterranean Sea. (Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Robert S. Price/U.S. Navy via AP)

US missiles blast Syria base where chem planes took off

By JULIE PACE and VIVIAN SALAMA and LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press