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Bam went easy on Syria: GOPer

WASHINGTON — The House Intelligence Committee chairman yesterday labeled President Obama’s trip to the Middle East a “disappointment,” especially as it pertained to Syria.

“Mr. President, when you travel there, you need to have the gravitas and credibility to fix some of these problems,” Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.) said on CBS’s “Face the Nation.” “I thought, candidly, the president did us a little harm. When he was asked by the Syrian reporter, ‘Why is not a superpower engaged in some way to better the prospects of this outcome?’ He said, well basically, it’s too hard.”

Rogers would like to see the US military in Syria to train and equip opposition forces after reports that the government may have used chemical weapons in the conflict, he said.