Obama wins backing for Syria strike from key figures in Congress

 

By Jeff Mason and Yara Bayoumy

WASHINGTON/BEIRUT | Tue Sep 3, 2013 6:36pm EDT

(Reuters) - President Barack Obama won the backing of key figures in the U.S. Congress, including Republicans, in his call for limited U.S. strikes on Syria to punish President Bashar al-Assad for his suspected use of chemical weapons against civilians.