U.S. lawmakers back Syria strikes, ask for broader strategy


  • World
  • Friday, 07 Apr 2017

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) speaks with the media ahead of the vote to confirm Judge Neil Gorsuch as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., April 7, 2017. REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Members of the U.S. Congress from both parties on Friday backed President Donald Trump's cruise missile strikes on Syria, but demanded he develop a strategy for dealing with the broader conflict and consult with Congress on any further action.

In the biggest foreign policy decision of his presidency, Trump ordered the firing of cruise missiles at a Syrian air base that U.S. officials said was the launching point for a deadly chemical weapons attack against Syrian civilians this week.

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