POLITICO: Undecided Dems Like Gabbard Key to Syria Decision

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POLITICO has this article. Excerpt:

Democratic lawmakers are confronting an unpleasant reality: It will be up to them to support military strikes in Syria if they want to save President Barack Obama from a dramatic defeat in Congress.

It’s a big ask.

Take Tulsi Gabbard, a Hawaii Democrat who doesn’t yet know how she’ll vote on the measure. Gabbard worries about the unintended consequences of a strike in the Middle Eastern nation, which is riven by a complex civil war.

“If this authorization is approved and this limited strike occurs as the president has presented, there are a number of things outside of our control that could occur, which could potentially further obligate us into something within Syria and the region,” Gabbard told POLITICO Friday morning after leaving a classified briefing. …

Note: Hawaii’s political media darling is also the subject of an article in The Hill titled Gabbard: Iraq War experience prompting ‘great pause’ on Syria action.

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Photo: Screenshot from POLITICO Sept. 6, 2013. (POLITICO)

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