U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (L) and Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel testify before the House Armed Services Committee during a hearing on the authorization of use of force in Syria on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C., capital of the United States, Sept. 10, 2013. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday said that Washington won't wait for long for a Russian proposal to put Syria's chemical weapons under international control. (Xinhua/Zhang Jun)
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Kerry says U.S. not to wait long for Syrian chemical weapons proposal
WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday said that Washington won't wait for long for a Russian proposal to put Syria's chemical weapons under international control.
"We're waiting for that proposal. But we're not waiting for long," Kerry said during a House Armed Services Committee hearing on Syria. "It has to be swift. It has to be real. It has to be verifiable," he added. Full story
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (L), Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel (C) and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Martin Dempsey testify before the House Armed Services Committee during a hearing on the authorization of use of force in Syria on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C., capital of the United States, Sept. 10, 2013. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday said that Washington won't wait for long for a Russian proposal to put Syria's chemical weapons under international control. (Xinhua/Zhang Jun)
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry testifies before the House Armed Services Committee during a hearing on the authorization of use of force in Syria on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C., capital of the United States, Sept. 10, 2013. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday said that Washington won't wait for long for a Russian proposal to put Syria's chemical weapons under international control. (Xinhua/Zhang Jun)
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry testifies before the House Armed Services Committee during a hearing on the authorization of use of force in Syria on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C., capital of the United States, Sept. 10, 2013. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday said that Washington won't wait for long for a Russian proposal to put Syria's chemical weapons under international control. (Xinhua/Zhang Jun)
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (L), Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel (C) and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Martin Dempsey testify before the House Armed Services Committee during a hearing on the authorization of use of force in Syria on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C., capital of the United States, Sept. 10, 2013. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday said that Washington won't wait for long for a Russian proposal to put Syria's chemical weapons under international control. (Xinhua/Zhang Jun)
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (L) and Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel testify before the House Armed Services Committee during a hearing on the authorization of use of force in Syria on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C., capital of the United States, Sept. 10, 2013. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday said that Washington won't wait for long for a Russian proposal to put Syria's chemical weapons under international control. (Xinhua/Zhang Jun)
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (L) and Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel testify before the House Armed Services Committee during a hearing on the authorization of use of force in Syria on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C., capital of the United States, Sept. 10, 2013. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday said that Washington won't wait for long for a Russian proposal to put Syria's chemical weapons under international control. (Xinhua/Zhang Jun)
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (L) and Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel testify before the House Armed Services Committee during a hearing on the authorization of use of force in Syria on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C., capital of the United States, Sept. 10, 2013. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday said that Washington won't wait for long for a Russian proposal to put Syria's chemical weapons under international control. (Xinhua/Zhang Jun)