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Howard Dean backs Obama on Syria
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| Contributor | Scott³ |
| Last Edited | Scott³ Sep 04, 2013 03:20pm |
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| Author | Julian Pecquet |
| News Date | Wednesday, September 4, 2013 09:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | "Former DNC chairman Howard Dean supports President Obama's call for a punitive military strike against Syria.
“Thus far I fully support the president, including his going to Congress,” Dean said in an email to The Hill.
The comments from the standard-bearer of the anti-war left during the 2004 campaign could help Obama gain more support among Democrats for votes next week in the House and Senate on his request.
In the House in particular, Obama is likely to have to count on a strong Democratic vote.
Dean's support for punishing Bashar Assad's regime for its alleged use of chemical weapons is particularly noteworthy because the former Vermont governor was the most prominent Iraq war critic during the run-up to the 2003 invasion.
“What I want to know,” Dean said in his opening line at the California State Democratic Convention in March 2003, “is what in the world so many Democrats are doing supporting the president's unilateral intervention in Iraq?” |
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