US SENATE GIVES OBAMA AUTHORITY TO USE MILITARY FORCE AGAINST SYRIA

A US Senate panel voted today to give President Barack Obama the
authority to use military force against Syria in response to a deadly
chemical weapons attack in Damacus on August 21 that killed over
1,400people as they slept in their homes.
The vote in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee was the first in a series as the president's request...
makes its way through congressional
panels before coming before the two chambers of Congress for a final
vote.
The full Senate is expected to vote on the measure next week.Obama's
top advisers on Wednesday took the argument for action to the
Republican-controlled House of Representatives, where the support seen
in the Senate will be harder to find.
The resolution would permit Obama to order a limited military mission
against Syria, as long as it doesn't exceed 90 days and involves no
American troops on the ground for combat operations. (Associated
Press)
Meanwhile some Arab countries have offered to pay for US military
invasion in Syria.
Secretary of State John Kerry said at Wednesday's hearing that Arab
counties have offered to pay for the entirety of unseating President
Bashar al-Assad if the United States took the lead militarily.
"With respect to Arab countries offering to bear costs and to assess,
the answer is profoundly yes," Kerry said. "They have. That offer is
on the table."
Asked by Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.) about how much those
countries would contribute, Kerry said they have offered to pay for
all of a full invasion.
"In fact, some of them have said that if the United States is prepared
to go do the whole thing the way we've done it previously in other
places, they'll carry that cost," Kerry said. "That's how dedicated
they are at this. That's not in the cards, and nobody's talking about
it, but they're talking in serious ways about getting this done.