At the President’s direction, the United States Government has been closely monitoring the potential use of chemical weapons within Syria.  Following the assessment made by our intelligence community in April, the President directed the intelligence community to seek credible and…

Via Telephone 5:16 P.M. EDT MS. MEEHAN:  Good afternoon, everybody.  This is Bernadette Meehan at the National Security Council.  Thank you for joining this conference call on Syria.  This is an on-the-record call without embargo. We have a senior administration…