Obama cancels California trip to work on Syrian revolution
Washington: US President Barack Obama has cancelled a trip to California next week so that he can stay in Washington.
Congressional committees began deliberations on the authorization this week, with the vote in the both House of Representatives and Senate likely to be taken up early next week. The same is stated to be the reason why he has cancelled his trip to Los Angeles.
Obama was scheduled to speak to an AFL-CIO convention while in California, and attend a USD 32,400 per plate dinner at the home of Marta Kauffman, the co-creator of the sitcom “Friends”.
“We’re going to continue to make the case to members. We understand the obligation that we have to provide them with information to explain our thinking, to explain the nature of the action we’re contemplating. We’ll keep doing that, and we’re confident that we’ll get a resolution passed,” he added.
Rhodes said one thing for Congress to consider is the message that this debate sends about US leadership around the world. The US for decades has played the role of undergirding the global security architecture and enforcing international norms.
“And we do not want to send a message that the United States is getting out of that business in any way,” he said. “So I think one of the reasons we’re starting to see bipartisan support is that there’s an understanding that this is about the situation in Syria and it’s also about the leadership role that the United States plays in enforcing international norms,” Rhodes said.
