Cole Breaks With Boehner, Opposes Syrian Strike

Top GOP Ally Breaks With Boehner
Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-OH, delivers remarks after a meeting with the US President and other congressional leaders on Syria at the White House in Washington, DC, September 3, 2013. Boehner on Tuesday said he would support President Barack Obama's call for military strikes against Syria. In a potentially significant political move, Boehner emerged from talks with Obama at the White House saying the United States must respond to the use of chemical weapons, adding 'I am going to support the president's call for action.' AFP PHOTO/Jim WATSON (Photo credit should read JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images)
Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-OH, delivers remarks after a meeting with the US President and other congressional leaders on Syria at the White House in Washington, DC, September 3, 2013. Boehner on Tuesday said he would support President Barack Obama's call for military strikes against Syria. In a potentially significant political move, Boehner emerged from talks with Obama at the White House saying the United States must respond to the use of chemical weapons, adding 'I am going to support the president's call for action.' AFP PHOTO/Jim WATSON (Photo credit should read JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images)

A top ally of House Speaker John Boehner and Majority Leader Eric Cantor has broken with the GOP leaders on U.S. military action in Syria, calling President Obama’s proposed intervention there "ill advised."

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