Military intervention in Syria seemed imminent following August’s horrific chemical attacks, but when President Barack Obama brought the idea of a strike to Congress it foundered.
Now a possible diplomatic resolution is on the table, and a complicated one at that. The U.S. is asking that Syria turn over its entire cache of chemical weapons, quickly.
So amidst all of the back and forth, the lobbying and the politicking, how is the Department of Defense upping the nation’s military readiness in the region?
Joining The Takeaway is Pentagon press secretary George Little.Â
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