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For more than 40 years the Historic Documents series has made primary source research easy by presenting full primary documents and excerpts from documents on the important events of each year for the United States and the world. Each volume includes approximately 70 events with well over 100 documents from the previous year, from official or other influential reports and surveys, to speeches from leaders and opinion makers, to court cases, legislation, testimony, and much more.
Historic Documents is renowned for the well-written and informative background, history, and context it provides for each document. Each volume begins with an insightful essay that sets the year's events in context, and each document or group of documents is preceded by a comprehensive introduction that provides background information on the event. Full-source citations are provided. Readers have easy access to material through a detailed, thematic table of contents and a cumulative five-year index that directs them to related material in earlier volumes.
President Obama Remarks on the Conflict in Syria: September 10 and 24, 2013
President Obama Remarks on the Conflict in Syria: September 10 and 24, 2013
As the civil war in Syria continued into its third year, the international community still could not reach a consensus on whether to intervene in the Middle Eastern nation. As it grew increasingly more evident that President Bashar al-Assad had used chemical weapons against civilians in an attempt to end the rebel incursion, the likelihood that the United States might take unilateral action grew. On September 10, 2013, U.S. President Barack Obama addressed the nation on the conflict, saying that he would reserve the right to intervene militarily in Syria, but he first wanted to explore the option of working ...
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