President Pulls Lawmakers Into Box He Made  —  WASHINGTON — More than once, President Obama has confided to aides that he regards Syria as one of those hellish problems every president faces, where the risks are endless, the choices are all bad, and the pressure to do something is unrelenting.

Sarin gas used in Syria attack, Kerry says  —  Secretary of State John F. Kerry said Sunday that fresh laboratory tests show that Sarin nerve gas was used in an Aug. 21 attack in Syria that killed more than 1,400 people, the first time that U.S. officials have pinpointed what kind of chemical weapon was used.

Statement by the President on Syria  —  THE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon, everybody.  Ten days ago, the world watched in horror as men, women and children were massacred in Syria in the worst chemical weapons attack of the 21st century.  Yesterday the United States presented a powerful case …

Kerry: Sarin used in Syria  —  (CNN) - Blood and hair samples from eastern Damascus, Syria, have “tested positive for signatures of sarin” gas, Secretary of State John Kerry said Sunday, arguing that with “each day that goes by, this case is even stronger.”  —  Kerry said on CNN's …

Obama puts politics over morals in abdicating presidential authority in Syria  —  As the scheduled time for President Obama's address on Syria came and went yesterday, reporters in the Rose Garden could see him through the Oval Office windows, talking on the telephone.

WELCOME TO SEPTEMBER!  — OBAMA AIDE, ON SEEKING CONGRESSIONAL VOTE: 'We don't want them to have their cake and eat it, too' - JOSH DUBOIS wedding — DEE DEE MYERS, STEVE HILDEBRAND b'day  —  THE 1 PARAGRAPH TO READ: President Obama will probably win congressional approval for a Syrian strike.

David Frost, veteran British broadcaster, dies at 74  —  (CNN) — Veteran British broadcaster David Frost, best known for his series of interviews with disgraced U.S. President Richard Nixon, has died.  He was 74.  —  His death was reported by the BBC, which aired many of his shows, and by Al Jazeera English, where he also worked.

At the Last Minute, Obama Alone Made Call to Seek Congressional Approval  —  Change in president's thinking confounded White House insiders  —  After a 45-minute walk Friday night, President Barack Obama made a fateful decision that none of his top national security advisers saw coming …