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Is Syria's Civil War Going Global?
President Obama has reversed course on helping Syrian rebels, but intervention advocates insist it's too little too late. We look at the consequences of possible options.
By Warren Olney • • 51m ListenPresident Obama has reversed course on helping Syrian rebels, but advocates of intervention insist it's too little too late. We look at the consequences of possible options. Also, the G8 Summit, where spying and Syria are getting more play than free trade. On Reporter's Notebook, Barack Obama has won bigger victories than any President since Dwight Eisenhower, but is he a real "politician?"
Banner image: A Free Syrian Army fighter is seen behind sandbags in the Mouazafeen neighborhood in Deir al-Zor, June 14, 2013. Photo: Khalil Ashawi/Reuters
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3 storiesSpying and Syria Get More Play than Free Trade at G8 Summit
At the G8 Summit in Northern Ireland, Syria has been high on the agenda. Russia's President Putin says he's opposed to any aid to the rebels, and described them as "those who kill their enemies and eat their organs" meeting with Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron. Hans Nichols is in Enniskillen for Bloomberg News .
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Syria tops the agenda as Presidents Obama and Putin meet at the G8 summit in Northern Ireland. After months of non-involvement, the US has promised some rebels small arms and ammunition , to be coordinated by General Salim Idriss, who heads the Supreme Military Council of the Free Syrian Army.
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Barack Obama is the first President since Dwight Eisenhower to win 50 percent of the vote, both for election and re-election. But, for all that, Obama doesn't like politics and doesn't think of himself as a politician.
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