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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Obama’s, Kerry’s alternate universe

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, left, and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey, right, arrive for a closed-door intelligence briefing for members of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2013, on Capitol Hill in Washington, as Barack Obama seeks congressional authorization for military intervention in Syria. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Dempsey outlines possible targets for strike on Syria

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

Matt Bevin

McConnell’s silence on Syria creates an opening for Bevin

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

"The international community's credibility is on the line" with Syria, President Obama says during a news conference in Stockholm on Wednesday, a day before traveling to Russia for a Group of 20 summit. (Associated Press)

Obama says ‘red line’ on Syria belongs to the world

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

A video posting shows Syrian SA-11 missiles being deployed at the Al Massah Military Airport in Damascus. Officials say the base is a major target of U.S. strikes because it was used to fire chemical weapons during the Aug. 21 attack. (Youtube.com)

Inside the Ring: Russia reset paused

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Majority of Americans don’t want Syria intervention: poll

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Jon Stewart, shown performing at the Stand Up For Heroes benefit concert in New York in 2012, returned Tuesday to "The Daily Show" after being off Comedy Central since June 6 directing and producing a movie. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)

Jon Stewart returns to ‘The Daily Show’

By David Bauder - Associated Press

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: U.S. obliged to strike Syria

A Syrian military tank is aflame during clashes with Free Syrian Army fighters in Joubar, a suburb of Damascus, Syria, on Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2013, in this citizen journalism image provided by the Syrian Revolution Against Bashar Assad and authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting. (AP Photo/The Syrian Revolution Against Bashar Assad)

Pace of negotiations frustrating to Syrians

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

U.S. President Barack Obama waves upon arrival at Arlanda Airport, in Stockholm, Sweden, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2013, with the Swedish flag and guard of honor in the background. President Barack Obama is opening a three-day overseas trip with a stop in the Swedish capital of Stockholm. Air Force One touched down Wednesday morning after an overnight flight from Washington. During his stay in Stockholm, Obama will meet with Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt and King Carl XVI Gustaf. He will also meet with other Nordic leaders from Finland, Denmark, Iceland and Norway. (AP Photo/Scanpix Sweden, Anders Wiklund)

In Sweden, Obama to showcase common global goals on way to G-20

By Josh Lederman - Associated Press

Code Pink protesters bring their anti-war message to the Capitol before Wednesday's House hearing on President Obama's request for military intervention in Syria. (Associated Press)

Code Pink has a morale problem: It’s called Democrats

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

Illustration by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

FIELDS: Check or checkmate for Obama

By Suzanne Fields

** FILE ** Liz Cheney, who espouses the neoconservative views of her father, former Vice President Dick Cheney, is challenging Sen. Michael B. Enzi, who has been swiftly endorsed by libertarian Sen. Rand Paul. (Associated Press)

Liz Cheney: I wouldn’t vote for Syria authorization

By David Sherfinski - 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)

Obama makes fiery case for action in Syria

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Secretary of State John F. Kerry confers with U.S. Ambassador to Syria Robert Ford on Capitol Hill on Wednesday during a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on President Obama's request for congressional authorization for military intervention in Syria. The assault would be a response to a chemical weapons attack in the Syrian civil war. (Associated Press)

Syria war plan advances in Senate, pushes Obama to help rebels

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel (left) and Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey (right), chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, arrive for a closed-door intelligence briefing for members of the Senate Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2013. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate-crafted Syria resolution riddled with loopholes for Obama

By Stephen Dinan and David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Senate Foreign Relations Committee member Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., reacts after the committee voted to accept his amendment as they consider the authorization for use of military force in Syria during a business meeting, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2013, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Senate committee passes resolution backing strikes in Syria

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft (Associated Press)

Sen. John McCain to Russian President Vladimir Putin: Give back the Super Bowl ring

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

**FILE** Sen. Marco Rubio, Florida Republican (Associated Press)

Sen. Marco Rubio on Syria: ‘May have reached a point now where there is no good outcome possible’

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times