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27, 2013 5:30 pm     TOM BOWMAN, BYLINE: Well, Robert, Secretary
Kerry laid out circumstantial evidence to make the case, first,
that chemical weapons were used. He talked about what he called
gut-wrenching video showing symptoms of chemical agents, people
dying with convulsions and spasms, no sign of blood or visible
wounds. He talked about the large number stricken and also
firsthand accounts of groups like Doctors Without Borders.  Then
he made the case that it was the Syrian government that was
responsible. He said the Syrian regime has custody of these
chemical weapons. They have the rockets to deliver them, and
they were intent also on clearing these very areas where the
attacks took place. But he said U.N. inspectors are still
gathering evidence, and so is the U.S. intelligence community.
SIEGEL: Well, given what Secretary Kerry said today, is it all
but inevitable now that the