Video: President Obama and action in Syria

Monday 02 September 2013 02:03 BST

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Watch the first video below to view segments of the speech the President Obama gave over the weekend, which detailed how he would wait for a vote in the US Congress before any action against the Assad regime in Syria would begin. The second video shows reactions to the speech.

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