Congressman Cuellar Releases Statement Following Presidential Address on Syria

Statement

Congressman Cuellar (D-TX28) released the following statement after President Obama's remarks to the nation on potential U.S. involvement in Syria:

"I am encouraged by President Obama's decision to postpone his call for a vote by Congress on the use of military force in Syria. Our nation has been at war for over a decade and I think Americans are wary of expending our financial resources and possibly risking lives in another military action. We need to exhaust all diplomatic solutions, but the reality is that if the threat of American military action had not been on the table, we likely would not be in a position to pursue a diplomatic course that both takes an inventory of Assad's stockpile of chemical weapons, and ends the use of those weapons. To paraphrase former President Ronald Reagan, I ask the Administration to "trust, but verify'. I will be keeping a close eye on the developments in the near future to make certain that we have a workable solution to the question of chemical weapons in Syria."

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