Rep. McKeon on military action in Syria: “I’m still open;” prestige of US is “on the line”

House Armed Services Committee Chair Rep. Buck McKeon (R-CA) told “New Day” Anchor Chris Cuomo that he is “still open” on whether or not United States should take military action against Syria, and that President Obama went to Congress too late. Rep. McKeon criticized the administration for cutting military spending, while pushing for more military intervention.

“I think that when the president said he shouldn’t cross a red line, he should have put a little more thought into it before he said it. That’s why we’re in this position now,” Rep. McKeon said. “It’s because of his statement and, frankly, I think that this scurrying around trying to reach Congress now is a little bit late. It would have been good to have done this before he ever made the comment across the red line. But he’s done it. We are where we are. I think the prestige of the United States is on the line. It’s something that we’re going to have to look at very carefully.”

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