Thank You Mr. Grayson

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1. I'll thank him but I'll also thank Rep. Welch who was aganst it well before

Grayson got on board and has led on this for dems, going back to June:

Rep. Chris Gibson, R-Kinderhook, is leading a small bipartisan group of House lawmakers, along with Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky, in an effort to stop the United States from providing financial assistance to the rebels in Syria.

Democratic Reps. Peter Welch of Vermont and Rick Nolan of Minnesota joined Gibson and several other Republicans at a Thursday news conference to announce legislation that would prohibit the Obama administration from arming the Syrian rebels and intervening militarily without an authorizing resolution from both the House and Senate.

“If we intervene militarily, we will exacerbate the situation,’’ said Gibson, a retired Army colonel. “We will not ease the concerns or the suffering there.’’

Gibson suggested the United States use economic leverage to oust President Bashar Hafez al-Assad rather than getting “further sucked into a very difficult situation.’’

Welch said those who hope for a negotiated settlement once Assad is ousted are misguided.

“There is some unity among the rebels to take out Assad, but as soon as that happens, if that’s successful, there is going to be score-settling,’’ Welch said. “We should learn the lesson that we can’t micromanage an outcome here.’’


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http://polhudson.lohudblogs.com/2013/06/27/gibson-leading-effort-to-restrict-funding-for-syrian-rebels/