U.S. will not send weapons to Syria

President Barack Obama said that Washington has no plans to supply weapons to the Syrian rebels. At least through official channels. Such a statement Obama made during his first press conference after the election of the U.S. president for a second term.
U.S. leader said that the United States considers the Syrian national coalition, which has recently been established in Qatar, as the "legitimate representative of the Syrian people." However, according to the White House, he must make sure that this "coalition is committed to building a democratic, modern Syria." Obama made it clear that only this circumstance Washington's refusal to supply arms Syrian rebels.
According to observers, almost hour Obama's speech to the press, "was in an offensive style." Won the trust for a second term, the White House held more relaxed and confident than during the campaign: he took matters into their own hands, not waiting for a reporter's question, do not hesitate to "prick the Republicans" tried to speak directly and clearly, avoiding flowery phrases. "I hope and expect the second term to be even better president than the first. I have one mandate - to help middle-class families and families who want to get into the middle class. Such was the mandate of the American people," - said in the beginning of Obama's speech .2 percent of Americans believe Obama should pay higher taxes.
In the foreign policy part of the speech in addition to the Syrian issue as a priority, he outlined the intensification of political dialogue with Tehran. About Russia in his speech Obama said nothing. Most of the questions and the answers came to a difficult political situation in the country: after November 6 elections in the U.S. have shown that America is split into two camps, largely because diametrical approaches of Republicans and Democrats on economic issues. It is no accident that during the briefing Obama directly addressed the congressional Republicans, asking them to support his tax policy. "We need to keep taxes the same for 98 percent of the population, while for the wealthiest 2 percent of Americans, they should rise, - said the U.S. president. - If stubbornness in Congress comes to the point that we can not even agree on tax cuts for middle class, the taxes for these families greatly increase, and this will be a great shock to them. " This option would, in his words, a recession in the entire national economy.
Interesting story was continued with the appointment of a new Secretary of State. To replace Hillary Clinton in the White House appears ready to another lady: U.S. Ambassador to the UN Susan Rice. Noting that Republican senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham are prepared to block the appointment, a reporter asked Obama to comment. The U.S. president was brief, energetic and even aggressive. "When they attack the ambassador to the UN, apparently, because it seems to them an easy target, they will have a problem with me. If I decide that she is the right person to serve America in this capacity, the Department of State, I have it appointed to the post "- did not leave a shadow of doubt in his personnel selection Obama, stressing that in fact until this final decision has not yet accepted. Of no less interest was the President's comments about the investigation against ex-CIA director David Petraeus. Obama said that "this case does not concern any leakage of sensitive information." However, just a couple of hours on the case Petreusa investigators told reporters that the computer Paula Broadwell, the mistress of former head of the CIA, "discovered a significant amount of sensitive information."