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Secretary of State John F. Kerry makes a statement about Syria at the State Department in Washington on Friday, Aug. 30, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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President Obama (left) and Vice President Joseph R. Biden arrive in the Rose Garden of the White House on Saturday, Aug. 31, 2013, in Washington to make a statement about the ongoing situation in Syria. Mr. Obama said that he has decided the United States should take military action against Syria in response to a deadly chemical weapons attack but that he will seek congressional authorization for the use of force. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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President Obama walks back to the Oval Office after making a statement about the crisis in Syria in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, Saturday, Aug. 31, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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U.N. experts arrive at the entrance of the private jet terminal at Beirut international airport, Lebanon, for the departure, after their convoy of U.N. experts left Syria into Lebanon Saturday, Aug. 31, 2013. (Associated Press)

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In this citizen journalism image provided by Edlib News Network, ENN, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, Syrians search under rubble to rescue people from houses that were destroyed by a Syrian government warplane, in Idlib province, northern Syria, Friday, Aug. 30, 2013. (AP Photo/Edlib News Network ENN)

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** FILE ** In this citizen journalism image provided by the United media office of Arbeen which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, U.N. investigation team with blue helmets, walk with Syrian rebels in Damascus countryside of Zamalka, Syria, Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2013. (AP Photo/United media office of Arbeen)

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This combination of two citizen journalist images shows at left: the damaged 12th century Umayyad mosque without the minaret, which was destroyed by shelling in Aleppo, Syria, Wednesday April 24, 2013; and at right, an undated view of the mosque with is minaret still intact. (AP Photo/Aleppo Media Center, AMC, FILE)

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In this image taken from video obtained from the Erbin Ciity, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, U.N. investigation team with blue helmets speak with Free Syrian Army fighters in the Damascus countryside of Zamalka, Syria, Thursday, Aug. 29, 2013. Syria's state news agency quoted President Bashar Assad as saying Syria will defend itself against any aggression. (AP Photo/Erbin City via AP video)

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Israeli soldiers drive a tank at a staging area in the Golan Heights, near the border between the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights and Syria, Thursday, Aug. 29, 2013. United Nations experts are investigating the alleged use of chemical weapons in Syria as the United States and allies prepare for the possibility of a punitive strike against President Bashar Assad's regime, blamed by the Syrian opposition for the attack. The international aid group Doctors Without Borders says at least 355 people were killed in the Aug. 21 attack. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

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Members of the Greek Communist Party march with flags, in front of the Parliament in Athens during an protest against any military action by the U.S. and its allies against Syria, on Thursday Aug. 29, 2013. (AP Photo/Dimitri Messinis)

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In this image taken from video, Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron, centre, speaks during a debate on Syria, in Britain's parliament, London, Thursday August 29, 2013. Britain's leaders said Thursday it would be legal under humanitarian doctrine to launch a military strike against Syria even without authorization from the United Nations Security Council, but it is not certain how much support there is for the government's resolution on Syria. Behind Cameron are British Foreign Secretary William Hague, obscured 2nd right, and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, left. (AP Photo / PA) UNITED KINGDOM OUT - NO SALES - NO ARCHIVES