Obama Embraces Role of Indispensable U.S. in Syria Strike
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From war to Ebola to climate change, President Barack Obama is embracing the role of the U.S. as the indispensable nation -- a stance he might have shrunk from at the start of his presidency.
The military strikes against Islamic State positions in Syria and the al-Qaeda-affiliated Khorasan Group this week began hours before Obama traveled to the annual meeting of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.