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**FILE** Rep. Michael McCaul, Texas Republican and House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct ranking member (Associated Press)

Lawmaker warns: Chaos from Assad fall could give al Qaeda chemical weapons

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

White House press secretary Jay Carney gestures during his daily news briefing at the White House in Washington, Monday, Sept., 9, 2013. The White House is "highly skeptical" of the Russian proposal to allow international inspectors into Syria to examine that country's chemical weapons stockpile, Carney said. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama will stick to case for strike, yet explore diplomacy, White House spokesman says

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

** FILE ** U.S. President Barack Obama, right, speaks with Russia's President Vladimir Putin during arrivals for the G-20 summit at the Konstantin Palace in St. Petersburg, Russia on Thursday, Sept. 5, 2013. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

All sides claim win in Syria-Russia chemical weapons offer

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Rep. Steve Israel, New York Democrat. (Associated Press)

Rep. Steve Israel: 2014 election will not be a referendum on Syria

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama talks on the phone in the Oval Office with Speaker of the House Boehner, Saturday, August 31, 2013. Vice President Joe Biden listens at right. (credit: White House photo/Pete Souza)

Obama’s foreign policy legacy: The accidental diplomat

By Ben Wolfgang and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

President Obama addresses the nation in a live televised speech from the East Room of the White House in Washington on Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2013. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, Pool)

Obama asks Congress to delay Syria vote, give diplomacy a chance to work

By Stephen Dinan and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei speaks during a news briefing at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing, China, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2011. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

China backs Russia’s call for Syria to give up chemical weapons

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel testifies on Capitol Hill on Sept. 10, 2013, before the House Armed Services Committee hearing on the proposed authorization to use military force in Syria. (Associated Press)

Hagel: Russia’s offer to Syria depends on threat of U.S. attack

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

**FILE** Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D. (Associated Press)

Sen. Heidi Heitkamp: ‘We’re not trusting Assad, we’re trusting the Russians’

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Peace activists opposed to American intervention in Syria, gather on a street corner at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Monday, Sept. 9, 2013. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Obama too weak to sell America on Syria: poll

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

**FILE** In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, a Syrian military solider fires a heavy machine gun during clashes with rebels in Maaloula village, northeast of the capital Damascus, Syria, on Sept. 7, 2013. (Associated Press)

HURT: Syria war is a joke, but we’re not laughing

By Charles Hurt

Members of the crowd hold up signs against military action in Syria as U.S. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., speaks with constituents during a town hall meeting at the Burton Barr Central Library, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2013, in Phoenix. The meeting, which was supposed to host a variety of topics that effect Arizonans, became a platform for the topic of military action in Syria. (AP Photo/Ralph Freso)

Capitol Hill is skeptical, yet hopeful, as diplomatic solution to Syria emerges

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Syrian President Bashar Assad speaks during an interview on Wednesday, April 17, 2013. (Associated Press/Syrian State TV via AP video)

Doubts emerge about Assad’s control of Syria’s chemical weapons

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama pauses during his joint news conference with Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2013, at the Rosenbad Building in Stockholm, Sweden. The president said international community and Congress credibility on the line on response to Syria. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

More than half of Americans say no to military action in Syria, polls show

By Tom Howell Jr. and Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks about Syria on Sept. 9, 2013, in the South Court Auditorium on the White House Complex in Washington, during a the White House Forum to Combat Wildlife Trafficking. Clinton said any move by Syria to surrender its chemical weapons to international control would be an "important step." (Associated Press)

Clinton OKs Putin offer to confiscate Syria’s chemical weapons

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

EDITORIAL: The questions for President Obama

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Fox Business Network's Washington correspondent Rich Edson predicts that an extended Capitol Hill argument over Syria could complicate the next round of serious budget discussions between Republicans and Democrats. (Fox Business Network)

Inside the Beltway: Will Obama go Oval on Syria?

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

Moscow on a mission: A Russian military intelligence ship leads a naval fleet through the Bosporus on Thursday en route to the eastern Mediterranean for observation of U.S. ships and to serve as a roadblock to international action against Syria. (Associated Press)

Russia’s reset: Cold War no longer water under the bridge as ships sail to Syria

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Attacking Syria will create another Egypt