WASHINGTON —
President Obama is prepared to move ahead with a limited military strike on
Syria, administration officials said Thursday, despite a stinging rejection of
such action by America’s stalwart ally Britain and mounting questions from
Congress.
The negative vote in Britain’s Parliament was a heavy blow to
Prime Minister David Cameron, who had pledged his support to Mr. Obama and
called on lawmakers to endorse Britain’s involvement in a brief operation to
punish the government of President Bashar al-Assad for apparently launching a
deadly chemical weapons attack last week that killed hundreds.
The vote was also a
setback for Mr. Obama, who, having given up hope of getting United Nations
Security Council authorization for the strike, is struggling to assemble a
coalition of allies against Syria
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