Syria

President Obama again made his case for action against Syria in a speech from the East Room of the White House on Tuesday night while asking the House and Senate to put off a vote a vote on military action.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The three members of North Dakota's congressional delegation have not yet decided whether to support President Barack Obama's proposed military strike on Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime.

President Obama said today he will seek approval from Congress before taking any military action against Syria. Obama said he believes military action is necessary.

Secretary of State John Kerry described how the government in Syria, led by President Bashar al-Assad, used chemical weapons in an attack on its own citizens, killing 1,429 people, including 426 children. Kerry suggested that the United States must respond, or take the chance that other dictators might act similarly.