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President Barack Obama
said he believes that Congress ultimately will support punishing the
regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for allegedly using chemical
weapons against civilians, in comments he made at the start of a meeting
with lawmakers to discuss military action against the country.
Mr. Obama also outlined why he believes it is in America's national
security interest to attack Syria. He said military strikes would
"degrade" the Assad regime's ability to use chemical weapons and would
send a clear message to other countries that are seeking to build
weapons of mass destruction.
"I want to emphasize once again:
