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The American Israel Public Affairs Committee, the nation’s primary pro-Israel lobbying group, has broken its silence on Syria, calling for members of Congress to vote in favor of a resolution giving President Barack Obama express authority to launch strikes against President Bashar Assad’s regime.
"AIPAC urges Congress to grant the president the authority he has requested to protect America’s national security interests and dissuade the Syrian regime’s further use of unconventional weapons. The civilized world cannot tolerate the use of these barbaric weapons, particularly against an innocent civilian population including hundreds of children,” the group wrote in a statement released Tuesday afternoon. “Simply put, barbarism on a mass scale must not be given a free pass.”
Capitol Hill sources believe that the explicit backing of AIPAC will help the president collect votes at a time when the fate of his use-of-force authorization remains unclear
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2013/09/aipac-syria-congress-96220.html#ixzz2ds0flGgD
"AIPAC urges Congress to grant the president the authority he has requested to protect America’s national security interests and dissuade the Syrian regime’s further use of unconventional weapons. The civilized world cannot tolerate the use of these barbaric weapons, particularly against an innocent civilian population including hundreds of children,” the group wrote in a statement released Tuesday afternoon. “Simply put, barbarism on a mass scale must not be given a free pass.”
Capitol Hill sources believe that the explicit backing of AIPAC will help the president collect votes at a time when the fate of his use-of-force authorization remains unclear
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2013/09/aipac-syria-congress-96220.html#ixzz2ds0flGgD