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The Latest: Pelosi says Congress should debate Syria action

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif. speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, April 6, 2017. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif. speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, April 6, 2017. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Latest on the congressional reaction to U.S. airstrikes in Syria:

10:05 a.m.

House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi is calling on Congress to immediately return to debate whether to authorize President Donald Trump to take military action against Syria.

Pelosi supports Trump’s missile strike on a Syrian airfield in response to President Bashar Assad’s chemical weapons attack against civilians.

But the California Democrat says in a letter to Speaker Paul Ryan that “the American people are owed a comprehensive strategy with clear objectives.”