'We will pursue this diplomatic track,' Obama told Fox News
'I haven't decided' what to do if Congress refuses to endorse military action, he told NBC
He would 'absolutely' call off a military strike, Obama said on ABC, if Bashar al-Assad were to credibly give up his chemical weapons
Talk of a Russsia-brokered deal is 'the continuation of conversations I've had with President Putin for quite some time,' Obama told PBS
Secretary of State John Kerry accidentally floated the idea of an agreement in London, later saying he wasn't serious
Russia's and Syria's foreign ministers both leaped into the opening, sayi
ng they would support such an arrangement if it would prevent war
The White House hosted at lest 70 members of Congress on Monday, arguing that the threat of military force will keep Assad in negotiations
President Barack Obama has revealed that has hasn't ruled out abandoning an attack on Syria, and that he has been secretly discussing a non-military resolution to the Syrian crisis with Russian President Vladimir Putin 'for quite some time.'
'We will pursue this diplomatic track,' Obama told Fox News anchor Chris Wallace. 'I fervently hope that this can be resolved in a non-military way.'
But 'it's fair to say that I haven't decided' what to do if Congress fails to authorize a military strike against the Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria, he conceded to NBC News' Savannah Guthrie.
While he said he was 'heartbroken' seeing videos of a suspected sarin gas attack's aftermath in Syria, the president admitted that 'I wouldn't say I'm confident' about the outcome on Capitol Hill.
But if Assad were to voluntarily give up his chemical weapons, would Obama call off the Pentagon?
'Absolutely,' he told ABC News anchor Diane Sawyer, 'if in fact that happens.'
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