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President Obama feels compelled to send Syria's President Assad a message over his alleged use of chemical weapons, says WSJ's Adam Entous. But any military action risks sucking the U.S. deeper into the country's civil war -- an outcome Washington wants to avoid.



U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says that the report being compiled by U.N. inspectors won't provide any information that American intelligence officials don't already have.