Wielding double-edged sword of diplomacy and military threat, Obama says Washington will put forward a resolution at the UN Security Council requiring Assad to give up his chemical weapons, but at the same time has “ordered our military to maintain their current posture to keep the pressure on Assad, and to be in a position to respond.”

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