WATCH: John Kerry makes forceful case for attacking Syria

The secretary of State calls Bashar al-Assad a "thug and a murderer," and says the U.S. is confident Syria launched chemical weapons that killed 1,429 people

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Secretary of State John Kerry said Friday afternoon that the United States was very confident that the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was responsible for the chemical weapons attack that hit the Damascus suburb of Ghouta last week.

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Keith Wagstaff is a staff writer at TheWeek.com covering politics and current events. He has previously written for such publications as TIME, Details, VICE, and the Village Voice.