Did Obama Declare War On Syria? President Urges Military Action But Will Seek Congressional Approval First [FULL SPEECH VIDEO]

President Barack Obama made a public statement to address the action he wishes to take following the chemical weapon attack in Syria. At the Rose Garden this afternoon Obama made an argument for a military strike on Syria to reprimand the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for the chemical weapons attack on innocent civillians. However, the President said he would first seek the approval of Congress before commanding a military attack. He did not say that if congress vetoed the strike that he would not continue to carry it out. The congressional leaders are scheduled to return to session and vote on the matter Sept. 9. "After careful deliberation, I have decided that the United States should take military action against Syrian regime targets," Obama said. "This would not be an open-ended intervention. We would not put boots on the ground. Instead, our action would be designed to be limited in duration and scope." Watch the President's full speech below.

The Washington Post reported that more than 1,400 have been kiled in the Syrian chemical attack outside Damascus. US Secretary of State John Kerry said the dead included 426 children and called the attack an "inconceivable horror." Images from the aftermath of the attack on horrorified the world. Tearful stories of emotional reunions surfaces like this one where a father who believed his toddler son was dead found him alive. The attack was concluded by the US to have been carried out by these people's own government the Bashar Assad regime. The British Parliament voted this week against miliatary intervention in Syria following the attack. However Prisdent Obama said regardless of what other countries decide he believes action is needed.