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"I have gotten options from our military," he said in an interview with PBS NewsHour after his speech at the "Let Freedom Ring" event in Washington.
Obama did firmly say, however, that the U.S. has "concluded" that the Syrian government led by President Bashar al-Assad carried out the recent chemical-weapons attack that killed hundreds of people. He cited the need to send a "pretty strong signal" to Assad.
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If "we send a shot across the bow and say stop doing this, that can have a positive impact," Obama said.
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