Syria

The Senate resolution authorizing President Barack Obama to use military force against Syria would bar American ground troops for combat operations and set a deadline for any action.

House Speaker John Boehner says he will support President Barack Obama's call for the U.S. to take action against Syria for alleged chemical weapons use and says his Republican colleagues should support the president, too.

President Barack Obama and his administration will spend much of Tuesday trying to get lawmakers on Capitol Hill to support U.S. military action against the Syrian regime, in response to what the administration says was a chemical attack on Syrian civilians carried out by the regime.

President Barack Obama got some conditional support for military intervention in Syria from two key Republican foreign policy hawks Monday who said the president still needs to make a strong case for attacking the regime of President Bashar Assad if he wants to win congressional backing.

The stage is being set for the biggest foreign policy vote in Congress since the Iraq war.

Secretary of State John Kerry asserted Sunday that the United States now has evidence of sarin gas use in Syria and said "the case gets stronger by the day" for a military attack.

An aide to House Speaker John Boehner says the speaker's office has received a White House draft of a resolution authorizing President Barack Obama to use military force against Syria.

President Obama's decision to seek Congressional approval for any action against Syria drew some reaction from New Jersey's congressional delegation and candidates.

President Obama said today he will seek approval from Congress before taking any military action against Syria. Obama said he believes military action is necessary.

Russian President Vladimir Putin urged President Barack Obama on Saturday not to rush into a decision on striking Syria, but to consider whether strikes would help end the violence and be worth the civilian casualties they would inevitably cause.