President Barack Obama and his top aides launched a full-scale political offensive on Sunday to persuade a skeptical Congress to approve a military strike against Syria, but faced a struggle to win over lawmakers from both parties and a war-weary American public.
Obama made calls to members of the House of
Representatives and Senate, with more scheduled for Monday, underscoring the
task confronting the administration before it can go ahead with using force in
response to a deadly chemical attack blamed on the Syrian government.
Dozens of lawmakers, some in tennis shirts or
shirtsleeves, cut short their vacations and streamed into the corridors of the
Capitol building for a Sunday afternoon intelligence briefing on Syria with Obama's national security
team.
When they emerged nearly three hours later, there was no
immediate sign that the many skeptics in Congress had changed their minds. Many
questioned the broad nature of the measure Obama is seeking, suggesting it
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