Senate panel calls for new US strategy for Syria

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee has approved a non-binding resolution that calls on the Obama administration to provide a new strategy to deal with the humanitarian crisis in Syria.
U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Robert Menendez (D-NJ) (R) and ranking member Senator Bob Corker (R-TN) (L) hold a news conference after a Senate vote on an aid package for Ukraine at the U.S. Capitol in Washington March 27, 2014. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS) - RTR3IVO5
US Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Robert Menendez (right) and ranking member Sen. Bob Corker R-Tenn. hold a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, March 27, 2014. - REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
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Julian Pecquet
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The Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved a resolution on Tuesday that asks the Obama administration to provide Congress with a humanitarian strategy for Syria within 90 days.

The congressional debate over how to beef up US humanitarian aid to Syria is also revealing congressional frustration about the Obama administration's dealing with Congress on Syria and its inability to bring the war to an end.

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