Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/obama-on-syria-guantanamo-boston-bombings-jason-collins Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Story At a White House news conference Tuesday, President Barack Obama suggested he’d consider military action against Syria if it can be confirmed that President Bashar Assad’s government used chemical weapons in the two-year-old civil war.