Obama rejects G20 pressure to abandon Syria air strike plan
September 07, 2013 00:10
Reuters reports: US President Barack Obama has resisted pressure Friday to
abandon plans for air strikes against Syria and enlisted the support of
10 fellow leaders for a "strong" response to a chemical weapons attack.
Obama refused to blink after Russian President Vladimir Putin led a campaign to talk him out of military intervention at a two-day summit of the Group of Twenty developed and developing economies in St Petersburg today.
Obama refused to blink after Russian President Vladimir Putin led a campaign to talk him out of military intervention at a two-day summit of the Group of Twenty developed and developing economies in St Petersburg today.