FOXNews.com: Kerry warns failure to approve Syria strike would embolden Assad

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Kerry warns failure to approve Syria strike would embolden Assad Sep 4th 2013, 16:43 Published September 04, 2013 FoxNews.com Secretary of State John Kerry testified on Wednesday that if Congress does not approve a strike on Syria, Bashar al-Assad will "read our silence" as a signal that he can use chemical weapons "with impunity."  Kerry was testifying on Capitol Hill for the second consecutive day, addressing members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee.  He reiterated his message that "the risk of not acting is greater than the risk of acting."  The hearing came as, on the Senate side, the push to pass a resolution authorizing the use of force ran into a roadblock. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., who has been one of the most ardent supporters of military action in Syria, said he could not support the resolution as written -- as he pushes for tougher language.  McCain's opposition could delay the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in taking up the resolution. A vote had been expected as early as Wednesday.  Meanwhile, Obama, during a stopover in Sweden en route to the G20 conference in Russia, argued that the credibility of the world is on the line.  Asked about his own past comments drawing a "red line" against the use of chemical weapons, Obama said it was a line that had first been clearly drawn by countries around the world and by Congress, in ratifying a treaty that bans the use of chemical weapons.  "That wasn't something I just kind of made up," he said. "I didn't pluck it out of thin air. There's a reason for it."  Obama said that if the world fails to act, it will send a message that despots and authoritarian regimes "can continue to act with impunity."  The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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