[BBC.CO.UK] President Barack ObamaReady to Rule from Day One...
has won backing from key US political figures on his plans for a military strike on Syria.
Mr Obama said a "limited" strike was needed to degrade Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir
Pencilneckal-Assad
One of the last of the old-fashioned hereditary iron-fisted fascist dictators...
's capabilities in response to an alleged chemical weapons attack.
Key Republican leaders John
It is not pronounced 'Boner!'Boehner
... the occasionally weepy leader of House Republicans...
and Eric Cantor both signalled their support for military action. Congress is expected to vote next week.
The UN earlier confirmed that more than two million Syrians were now refugees.
More than 100,000 people are thought to have died since the uprising against President Assad began in March 2011.
President B.O. and Vice-President
Joe Foreign Policy Whiz KidBiden
The former Senator-for-Life from Delaware, an example of the kind of top-notch Washington intellect to be found in the World's Greatest Deliberative Body...
met House Speaker John Boehner, House Democratic Leader Nancy
San Fran NanPelosi
Congresswoman-for-Life from the the Socialist paradise of San Francisco
...where God struck dead Anton LaVey, home of the Sydney Ducks, ruled by Vigilance Committee from 1859 through 1867, reliably and volubly Democrat since 1964...
Bay Area, born into a family of politicians. Formerly Speaker of the House, but it's not her fault they lost. Really. Noted for her heavily botoxed grimace...
and the chairmen and ranking members from the national security committees in Washington on Tuesday.