BBC News - Syria crisis: US draft resolutions for action - US President Barack Obama's call for military action against Syria has gained support from senators - but with clear criteria limiting the operation to 60 days and without the use of ground forces. The Senate Committee on Foreign Relations added a set of limitations and amendments to proposals put forward by the president, who wants to persuade politicians and American citizens of the need for a military response to the suspected chemical weapons attack on opposition-held areas of Damascus by government forces last month.

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