Showing posts with label US Senate measure has 90-day deadline on Syria action. Show all posts
Showing posts with label US Senate measure has 90-day deadline on Syria action. Show all posts

Thursday, September 5, 2013

US Senate measure has 90-day deadline on Syria action




Leaders of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee said Tuesday they reached an agreement on a draft resolution to use military force in Syria, setting a 60-day deadline, with one 30-day extension possible for the intervention -- while also barring the involvement of ground forces in the conflict.