While military options
remain on the table in the ongoing negotiations over Syria's use of chemical weapons, the possibility of a diplomatic
solution appears to be growing:
A White House official says President Barack Obama has agreed to discussions at the United Nations Security Council on a proposal from Russia to secure Syria's chemical weapons stockpiles.
The official says Obama discussed the proposal Tuesday with French President Francois Hollande (frahn-SWAH' oh-LAWND') and British Prime Minister David Cameron. France's foreign minister says France will float a resolution in the U.N. Security Council aimed at forcing Syria to make public its chemical weapons program, place it under international control and dismantle it.
This does not mean the saber-rattling is over, and the president will still address the nation on Tuesday night to make the case for a military strike on Syria, but things certainly look more promising than they did just 24 hours ago.