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From left, Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey, Secretary of State John Kerry, and Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, appear before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to advance President Obama's request for congressional authorization for military intervention in Syria, a response to last month's alleged sarin gas attack in the Syrian civil war, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2013. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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**FILE** President Obama poses with a personalized Baltimore Ravens football jersey with Ravens head coach John Harbaugh during a ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House on June 5, 2013, where the president honored the Super Bowl XLVII champs. The Ravens defeated the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl XLVII in February. (Associated Press)
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Secretary of State John Kerry (left) and Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel appear before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to advance President Obama's request for congressional authorization for military intervention in Syria, a response to last month's alleged sarin gas attack in the Syrian civil war, on Capitol Hill in Washington on Sept. 3, 2013. Lawmakers are returning a week early from recess for the first public hearing about U.S. plans for military action to punish Syrian President Bashar Assad as President Obama seeks to convince skeptical Americans and their representatives to act following the deadly gas attack outside Damascus. (Associated Press)
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From left: Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Robert Menendez, New Jersey Democrat, and Secretary of State John Kerry wait on Capitol Hill in Washington on Sept. 3, 2013, prior to the start of the committee's hearing on President Obama's request for congressional authorization for military intervention in Syria. (Associated Press)
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Palestinian supporters of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine wave their red flags in Rafah Refugee Camp, southern Gaza Strip, on Sept. 3, 2013, while holding Syrian flags and pictures of late Egyptian President Gamal Abdel-Nasser and Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah during a protest against a possible military attack by the United States on Syria, . Arabic on placards reads, "America and France are the enemies of the Arab nations, greetings from Gaza to the master of the Lebanese resistance, the leader Hassan Nasrallah and greetings to the Syrian, Lebanese and Palestinian resistance." (Associated Press)
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In this March, 2013 photo, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich appears during the 40th annual Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Md. CNN said Tuesday that their debate program "Crossfire" will begin next Monday, Sept. 9. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, file)
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President Obama reacts during an Oval Office meeting in this file photo. (White House photo/Pete Souza) ** FILE **
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House Speaker John A. Boehner, Ohio Republican, speaks to reporters outside the White House on Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2013, following a meeting between President Obama and congressional leaders to discuss the situation in Syria. Mr. Boehner said he will support the president's call for the U.S. to take action against Syria for alleged chemical weapons use and said his Republican colleagues should support the president, too. (Associated Press)
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President Obama speaks to the press as National Security Adviser Susan Rice (left) and House Speaker John Boehner, Ohio Republican, look to him in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington on Sept. 3, 2013, before a meeting with members of Congress to discuss the situation in Syria. (Associated Press)
