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Massachusetts Congressman Jim McGovern is urging President Obama to withdraw his request for Congress to authorize an attack on Syria.

The White House is making a big push to rally members of Congress and the American public behind President Barack Obama's plan for a U.S. military strike against Syria.

Dozens of Roman Catholic worshippers joined members of the clergy in Boston for a 4-hour prayer vigil for peace in Syria, joining those who answered Pope Francis' call and massed at the Vatican to push for an end to the bloodshed in the Middle East nation.

President Barack Obama and French President Francois Hollande say they are committed to a political solution in Syria even as they prepare for potential military strikes.

Yesterday, Massachusetts' Senators Ed Markey and Elizabeth Warren spoke about the President's plan for Syria, and Ed Markey wants more information before he casts a real vote.

Massachusetts two Democratic U.S. senators say they want more information before deciding how to vote on President Barack Obama's request for limited military action in Syria.  Sen. Edward Markey, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said Wednesday he voted ``present'' on the latest version of the resolution...

Sen. John McCain says he will support President Barack Obama's request to intervene in Syria if the move would "reverse the situation on the battlefield."

Stock futures are sharply higher ahead of the first trading day since President Barack Obama announced that he would seek congressional approval for a military strike in Syria.

President Barack Obama is inviting former foe John McCain to the White House to talk about Syria. He's hoping one of Congress' most intractable foreign policy hawks will help sell the idea of a U.S. military intervention in Syria to a nation deeply scarred by more than a decade of war...

Secretary of State John Kerry is asserting the United States now has evidence of sarin gas use in Syria and says the "case is building" for a military attack.