SPIN METER: Obama on use of US military might

SPIN METER: Obama on use of US military might

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) - As a candidate focused on his own election, Barack Obama championed restraint and global cooperation when faced with security threats. Now, as commander in chief of a world superpower, his rhetoric of the past is being tested by the reality of today as he presses Congress to allow the United States to launch a military strike against the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad, over the objections of most major U.S. allies