Pentagon Moves Naval Forces Closer To Syria

[cali]

The Pentagon is moving naval forces closer to Syria in a potential attempt to be prepared should President Obama order military strikes, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is suggesting.

The president asked the Department of Defense to put some matters in place regarding Syria, and that would include "positioning our forces," the Associated Press quotes Hagel as saying.

"The Defense Department has a responsibility to provide the president with options for contingencies, and that requires positioning our forces, positioning our assets, to be ale to carry out different options - whatever options the president might choose," Hagel said.

Angela Kane, the United Nations disarmament chief, arrived in Damascus Saturday to press the Syrian government to allow U.N. experts weapons inspectors access to the site of an alleged chemical attack.

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http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/08/23/syria-chemical-attack/2690757/

[MotherPetrie]

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