President Obama is joining other world leaders Tuesday for the annual opening of the United Nations General Assembly. We’ll live blog as he speaks.
As we reported earlier, the question of the day isn’t about which topics the president will address, but whether he will or won’t cross paths with new Iranian President Hassan Rouhani.
Update at 10:23 a.m. ET. Call For “Strong Security Council Resolution”:
After saying the U.N. Security Council must endorse a strong resolution that insures Syria will verify it is handing over its chemical weapons or face “consequences” if it fails to do so, Obama says that “if we cannot even agree on this,” it will show that the U.N. is “incapable of enforcing even the most basic of international laws.”
Update at 10:20 a.m. ET. “Insult” To Suggest Anyone Other Than Assad Used Chemical Weapons In August:
Speaking of the Aug. 21 chemical weapons attack near Damascus that the U.S. says killed more than 1,000 people, Obama says “it’s an insult to human reason and to the legitimacy of this institution to suggest that anyone other than the regime carried out this attack.”
Update at 10:15 a.m. ET. “Shifting Away From A Perpetual War Footing’:
After withdrawing troops from Iraq and beginning a drawdown in Afghanistan, the U.S. is “shifting away from a perpetual war footing,” Obama says.
He believes the “world is more stable than it was 5 years ago,” but concedes that incidents such as the terrorist attack on a mall in Kenya show that dangers remain.
Obama: U.S. Will Test Iran"s Commitment To "Different Path"
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