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In this Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2013, photo, Syrian students gather in the playground of Hassan Shuaib School in Damascus, Syria. Facing extraordinary challenges, millions of Syrian children in government-controlled areas returned to school this week to the backdrop of a raging civil war and an international debate over Syria’s chemical weapons stockpile. (AP Photo)

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Former U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates is second-guessing the president's decision to seek Congress' approval before firing on Syria. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** In this Sept. 1, 2012, file photo, Syrian prisoners sign their papers of release at the Damascus Police Command headquarters in Damascus, Syria. (AP Photo/Bassem Tellawi, File)

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In this Aug. 28, 2013, citizen journalism image provided by the United Media Office of Arbeen, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, members of the U.N. investigation team take samples from sand near a part of a missile that is likely to be one of the chemical rockets according to activists, in the Damascus countryside of Ain Terma, Syria. (AP Photo/United Media Office of Arbeen)

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Refugees from Syria entering Iraq at Peshkhabour, August 19,2013 Associated Press photo

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Russian President Vladimir Putin's much ballyhooed New York Times op-ed condemning U.S. intervention in Syria and American "exceptionalism" was actually placed in the newspaper by a public relations giant that has been around for 90 years. (Associated Press)

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President Obama answers questions about Syria and other pressing national and international issues during an interview with "This Week" host George Stephanopoulos that was taped at the White House in Washington on Friday, Sept. 13, 2013, for broadcast Sunday. (AP Photo/ABC)