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SENATE PANEL APPROVES LIMITED MILITARY STRIKE ON SYRIA

Brett LoGiuratoSep 5, 2013, 01:00 IST

APThe Senate Foreign Relations Committee passed a resolution that authorizes President Barack Obama to use limited military force in Syria by a 10-7 vote on Wednesday.

The resolution will now head to the full Senate, where Majority Leader Harry Reid will likely schedule a vote for early next week.

Voting "yes" on the resolution were Democratic Sens. Barbara Boxer (Calif.), Ben Cardin (Md.), Jeanne Shaheen (N.H.), Chris Coons (Del.), Dick Durbin (Ill.), Bob Menendez (N.J.) and Tim Kaine (Va.); as well as Republicans Bob Corker (Tenn.), Jeff Flake (Ariz.), and John McCain (R-Ariz.).

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