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AND IN THE SENATE, 25 WILL VOTE
YES AND 29 WILL NOT AND 46 ARE
UNDECIDED.
AND JOINING ME ON THE HILL, A
SENATOR WHO SAID HE WOULD BE A
NO VOTE.
SENATOR HARRY REED PULLED A VOTE
THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A TEST
VOTE ON THIS AUTHORIZATION.
HOW DO YOU THINK THE RESULTS
WOULD HAVE BEEN IN HE HELD THE
VOTE ON WEDNESDAY?
>> I DON'T KNOW.
IF YOU ARE THE LEADER AND HOLD
THE AGENDA AND YOU PULL THE
VOTES YOU GENERALLY DON'T HAVE
THE VOTES BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT
FOR A FACT.
>> THE PRESIDENT SAID HE IS NOT
CONFIDENT HE HAS THE VOTES DO.
YOU THINK THE NO VOTES ARE WITH
THE OPPOSITION?
DO YOU THINK THIS WOULD NOT
PASS?
>> YOU KNOW, JAKE, I TRAVELED MY
STATE FOR NINE DAYS AND LISTENED
TO EVERY GEORGIAN THAT CALLED
ME.
NEVER SEEN AN ISSUE BEFORE WHERE
MORE OF THE RANK AND FILE WERE
MORE CONSISTENTLY IN OPPOSITION.
THEY DON'T WORRY ABOUT DAY ONCE
WHEN THE STRIKE TAKES PLACE.
THEY WORRY ABOUT DAY TWO, THREE,
AND FOUR.
WHAT HAPPENS IF ISRAEL IS HIT?
WILL THERE BE BOOTS ON THE
GROUND?
I THINK THAT UNCERTAINTY IS THE
BIG PROBLEM FOR THE
ADMINISTRATION.
>> ON THE DAY THAT PRESIDENT
OBAMA ANNOUNCED HE WAS GOING TO
SEEK CONGRESSIONAL AUTHORIZATION
YOU RELEASED A STATEMENT THAT
SAID I SUPPORT THE USE OF
MILITARY ACTION IN SYRIA.
IF WE FAIL TO TAKE ACTION WE ARE
SENDING A SIGNAL TO SYRIA THAT
THEY ARE ACCOUNTABLE TO NO ONE.
AREN'T YOU NOW SAYING THAT
YOU'RE GOING TO SEND A SIGNAL
THAT THEY ARE ACCOUNTABLE TO NO
ONE?
>> ON THE CONTRARY WE WILL HOLD
THEM ACCOUNTABLE.
THIS IS ABOUT THE STRATEGY
PROPOSED TO US.
THIS IS NOT ABOUT THE ISSUE
SHOULD WE HOLD PEOPLE
ACCOUNTABLE.
AND THE FACT THAT WE ARE HAVING
THIS DISCUSSION THERE ARE TALKS
OF SYRIA SURRENDERING THEIR
CHEMICAL WEAPONS.
>> YOU WOULD SUPPORT THIS THIRD
WAY, THE PROPOSAL FROM SECRETARY
JOHN KERRY IF SYRIA WOULD GIVE
UP THEIR CHEMICAL WEAPONS THE
U.S. WOULD NOT ATTACK.
THAT'S OKAY WITH YOU?