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Obama won't say what type of arms U.S. would offer to Syrian rebels

U.S. President Barack Obama is refusing to describe the type of military support the U.S. will give to Syrian rebels even as he praises a decision by world leaders at a just-completed summit to seek a negotiated peace.

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Text: U.S. statement on use of chemical weapons in Syria

The United States has conclusive evidence that Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime has used chemical weapons against opposition forces, crossing what President Barack Obama has called a 'red line' that would trigger greater American involvement in the crisis, the White House said in a statement Thursday.