Cherokee Tribune – Gingrey There s serious deciding to do on Syria

CANTON — U.S. Rep. Phil Gingrey (R-Marietta) told members of the Rotary Club of Canton Tuesday he wants to represent his 700,000 constituents when he decides how to vote on whether the U.S. should take military action against Syria.

During the question and answer portion of his 30-minute talk to the local Rotary, Gingrey fielded a comment from the audience that just a short while earlier President Barack Obama had won critical support from House Speaker John Boehner for a punitive strike against Syria.

Gingrey said he was caught off guard by the decision made by his party’s leader in the House.

“We’ve got some serious deciding to do about Syria,” Gingrey said.

Boehner said in announcing his decision that the United States has “enemies around the world that need to understand that we’re not going to tolerate this type of behavior. We also have allies around the world and allies in the region who also need to know that America will be there and stand up when it’s necessary.”

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