PRESIDENT OBAMA'S ENDORSEMENT OF A RUSSIAN PROPOSAL TO AVOID MILITARY CONFLICT IN SYRIA BY HAVING INTERNATIONAL INSPECTORS SEIZE AND DESTROY SYRIA'S CHEMICAL WEAPONS. BUT NEW MEXICO SENATOR TOM UDALL MAKES NO SECRET OF HIS OPPOSITION TO A MILITARY STRIKE AGAINST SYRIA … WHICH OBAMA SAYS SHOULD STILL BE AN OPTION IF DIPLOMACY FAILS. UDALL TAKES ISSUE WITH ANY SUGGESTION THAT,WITHOUT A MILITARY STRIKE, THE U-S ISN'T DOING ANYTHING TO DETER BASHAR AL-ASSAD GOVERNMENT.
UDALL SAYS HE'LL INSIST ANY PLAN THAT PUTS SYRIA'S CHEMICAL WEAPONS UNDER INTERNATIONAL CONTROL BE VERIFIABLE.
CONGRESSMAN STEVE PEARCE ALSO OPPOSES A U-S MILITARY STRIKE ON SYRIA … BUT SENATOR MARTIN HEINRICH SUPPORTS IT.
