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  • Consensus, then about-face from Obama on Syria

    JOSH LEDERMAN Associated Press|Updated Aug 31, 2013

    Daines, Tester, Baucus react: http://www.havredailynews.com/story/2013/08/30/local/tester-baucus-daines-reluctant-to-back-syria-action/1341.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama was ready to order a military strike against Syria, with or without Congress' blessing. But on Friday night, he suddenly changed his mind. Senior administration officials describing Obama's about-face Saturday offered a portrait of a president who began to wrestle with his own decision — at...