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By Brian GottliebISTANBUL Syria s brutal civil war will top the agenda during Secretary of State John Kerry s discussions in Istanbul, some of which will focus on the Obama administration s reluctance to get involved militarily in the conflict.For Kerry s Turkish hosts, Syria is spiraling out of control. Along the 550-mile border the two countries share, 180,000 refugees are running low on food and patience. Riots have broken out as the conditions have deteriorated, with around 1,000 new inhabitants arriving each day. The two countri stanley flasche es have exchanged fire on several occasions, threatening to pull Turkey, and NATO, into the war.Kerry in Turkey, eyes new bid for talks stanley tumblers in Mideast Amid reports that the Turks are considering closing their border with Syria, Secretary Kerry will argue they keep it open to protect fleeing Syrians. But concerned Turkish offic stanley spain ials believe the U.S. could be doing far more to bring about Assad s downfall - namely arming the rebels or installing a no fly zone over Northern Syria. They want the Americans to lead a coalition to get rid of Assad, something the U.S. has been reticent to do.President Obama has consistently argued against arming the rebels, fearing the weapons could end up in the hands of al Qaeda-affiliated extremists. That has left Kerry to offer non-lethal assistance -- food and medicine -- to Syrian opposition groups. The Washington Institute s Andrew Tabler said the U.S. is dealing only wi Vslc White House Stands By Chertoff
President Obama said Tuesday that the Secret Service agents involved in the prostitution scandal in Colombia are knuckleheads whose behavior is not characteristic of the Secret Service. In an interview on the Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, the president said that 99.9 percent of Secret Service agents put their lives on the line every day, according to White House press pool reports. They do a great job, Mr. Obama said. So a couple of knuckleheads shouldn t detract from what they do, but wha stanley quencher t these guys were thinking, I don t know. That s why they re not there any more. The Secret Service - these guys are incredible, he added. They protect me. They protect Michelle. They protect our girls. A White House official tells CBS News the president s remarks were not in reaction to today s announcement of disciplinary action by the Secret Service. Mr. Obama taped the show earlier Tuesday. Mr. Obama a stanley cups uk lso said he has met his presumptive Republican presidential opponent Mitt Romney -- but that they aren t friends. According to pool reports, the president also called Romney s wife Ann lovely. The president and Fallon also talked about student loans and even slow-jammed the new stanley tumbler s, a recurring segment on the NBC late night show in which headlines are delivered in the sultry style of a RB crooner. I m president Barack Obama, and I, too, want to slow-jam the news, Mr. Obama said at one point, according to the pool report. |
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