Obama asks Congress to delay Syria vote

The use of the United States military to strike the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad — once thought imminent — could be cancelled after the White House asked on Tuesday for Congress to postpone any vote to authorize an attack.

Amid a potential deal being brokered by Russia that would require Assad to surrender his arsenal of chemical weapons, US President Barack Obama urged lawmakers in Washington on Tuesday to delay a vote authorizing an American assault on the Syrian government.

Obama spent over an hour meeting with Senate Democrats on Tuesday, during which he reportedly told lawmakers to await the results of a potential compromise orchestrated between Russia and Syria. 

source rt.com