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President Obama has directed the Pentagon to develop an expanded list of potential targets in Syria in response to intelligence suggesting that the government of President Bashar al-Assad has been moving troops and equipment used to employ chemical weapons while Congress debates whether to authorize military action. -snip- For the first time, the administration is talking about using American and French aircraft to conduct strikes on specific targets, in addition to ship-launched Tomahawk cruise missiles. -snip- The bulk of the American attack is still expected to be carried out by cruise missiles from some or all of the four Arleigh...

-snip- Cantor, R-Va., also released a statement Tuesday morning that said he intends to “vote to provide the President of the United States the option to use military force in Syria.” “While the authorizing language will likely change, the underlying reality will not,” Cantor said, also noting that “there are differing opinions on both sides of the aisle,” and “it is up to President Obama to make the case to Congress and to the American people that this is the right course of action, and I hope he is successful in that endeavor.” While some in Congress have criticized Obama’s...