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Remarks by the President in Address to the Nation on Syria
THE PRESIDENT: My fellow Americans, tonight I want to talk to you about Syria - why it matters, and where we go from here.

UN Security Council Meeting On Syria Canceled
The UN Security Council has canceled a meeting on a resolution aimed at securing and destroying Syria's chemical weapons stockpiles.

US Congress Action on Syria on Hold for Now
Hours before U.S. President Barack Obama was to address the nation on the need to confront Syria's use of chemical weapons, he met with senators of both major political parties on Capitol Hill. Lawmakers emerged saying a vote authorizing the use of force against Syria is unlikely for now, and any final resolution will take international diplomatic developments into account. ...

Successful Missile Defense Test Against Multiple Targets
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA), Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) Operational Test Agency, Joint Functional Component Command for Integrated Missile Defense, and U.S. Pacific Command, in conjunction with U.S. Army soldiers from the Alpha Battery, 2nd Air Defense Artillery Regiment, U.S. Navy sailors aboard the guided missile destroyer USS Decatur (DDG-73), and U.S. Air Force airmen from the 613th Air ...

Readout of the U.S.-China Defense Consultative Talks
Officials from the United States and China met Sept. 9, 2013 in Beijing for the 14th annual Defense Consultative Talks. Dr. James Miller, undersecretary of defense for policy, and Lt. Gen. Wang Guanzhong, deputy chief of the People's Liberation Army General Staff, led their respective country's delegations ...

Obama Reviews Interagency Counterterrorism Plans
President Barack Obama met with Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and other officials to review interagency counterterrorism planning on the eve of the 12th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States, Pentagon Press Secretary George Little said. ...