Arming Syria’s Rebels Now An ‘Option,’ Says Pentagon Chief -- Danger Room
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel confirmed today that the Obama administration is reconsidering its opposition to providing lethal weapons to the Syrian opposition.
“Arming the rebels, that’s an option,” Hagel said in a Pentagon press conference with his British counterpart, Philip Hammond. That confirmed a report from the Washington Post earlier this week that after reports of chemical weapons use in Syria, the Obama administration was considering a deeper involvement in the country’s bloody civil war.
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