Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news. Axelrod good evening. Im jim axelrod with a western edition of the broadcast. President obama spoke to the American People from the rose garden this afternoon, pressing his case for a military action against the Syrian Regime and calling the chemical attack that claimed more than 1,400 lives in syria 10 days ago a menace that must be confronted. But the president also made it clear he does not want to proceed alone and will seek authorization and support for a limited strike from congress. We have several reports tonight beginning with bill plante at the white house. Bill, we understand the president s decision to take this to congress came as a surprise even to his own advisers. Reporter absolutely, jim. He called them into his Senior Office last night to tell them two things that hes now decided it use military force but also that he was reversing course and would seek congressional approval. His reasoning, according to offici
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