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A Russian warship sails through the Bosporus in Istanbul, Turkey, on Sept. 5, 2013. A group of Russians warships are en route to the East Mediterranean. (Associated Press)

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President Obama pauses as he answers a question regarding the ongoing situation in Syria during his news conference at the G-20 Summit in St. Petersburg, Russia, on Sept. 6, 2013. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Rep. Michael Grimm, New York Republican, speaks May 9, 2012, at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Associated Press)

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President Obama pauses as he answers a question regarding the ongoing situation in Syria during his news conference at the G-20 Summit in St. Petersburg, Russia, on Sept. 6, 2013. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** Russia's President Vladimir Putin speaks during a media conference after a G-20 summit in St. Petersburg, Russia on Friday, Sept. 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

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U.S. President Barack Obama, left, and China's President Xi Jinping, right, shake hands before their bilateral meeting at the G-20 Summit, Friday, Sept. 6, 2013 in St. Petersburg, Russia. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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Russia's President Vladimir Putin, center foreground, gestures as he walks by U.S. President Barack Obama, front row right, as he takes his place at a group photo outside of the Konstantin Palace in St. Petersburg, Russia on Friday, Sept. 6, 2013. World leaders are discussing Syria's civil war at the summit but look no closer to agreeing on international military intervention to stop it. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)

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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)

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Syria was expected to be among the topics during the bilateral meeting between President Obama and Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the G-20 Summit on Thursday. (Associated Press)