Obama Ignores NSC On Syria

WASHINGTON [MENL] -- President Barack Obama has stonewalled a recommendation
from his staff to send body armor to Sunni rebels in Syria.
White House sources said Obama ignored a recommendation by the National
Security Council to send non-lethal combat equipment to those fighting the
regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad. They said Obama, determined to
reconcile with Iran's leading ally, Syria, has refused to consider supplying
anything more than food and medicine to the rebel movement.