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** FILE ** Syrian rebels take up position in Idlib, Syria, Feb. 10, 2012. (Associated Press)

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Syrian President Bashar Assad (right) gives an interview to Chinese state television channel CCTV in Damascus, Syria, on Monday, Sept. 23, 2013. Mr. Assad said his government will allow international experts access to its chemical weapons sites, but he cautioned that rebels might block them from reaching some of the locations. (AP Photo/SANA)

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Syria and Iran are just two of the global issues facing President Obama as he prepares to address the United Nations General Assembly this week. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

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Secretary of State John Kerry makes a statement about Syria and chemical weapons ahead of next week's United Nations General Assembly at the State Department in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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Syrian President Bashar Assad (right) talks with Dennis J. Kucinich (left) and Greg Palkot of the Fox News Channel in Damascus, Syria, on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2013. (AP Photo/SANA)

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Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., left, and Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., right, members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, walk to a closed-door briefing on Syria with Secretary of State John Kerry, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2013. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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In this photo released on early Thursday Sept. 19, 2013, by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian President Bashar Assad speaks during an interview with Fox News channel, in Damascus, Syria. Assad says a United Nations report finding "clear and convincing evidence" that sarin nerve gas was used in Syria painted an "unrealistic" account, and he denied his government orchestrated the attack. (AP Photo/SANA)