Meeting with Russian officials in Moscow, the Syrian foreign minister said today that his government has accepted a Russian proposal to turn over chemical weapons, calling it a plan to “derail U.S. aggression.”
President Obama said the Russian proposal could be a breakthrough but he remained skeptical that Syria would actually comply.
As diplomats discuss the details, President Obama heads to Capitol Hill to meet with senators who have delayed taking a vote on a resolution that would authorize limited military strikes against Syria for up to 90 days.
Was this latest diplomatic about-turn on Syria a plan that had been in the works before Secretary of State John Kerry appeared to stumble into it in a news conference yesterday?
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