U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (L) speaks with U.S. Ambassador to Syria Robert Ford during a House of Representatives hearing about Syria on Capitol Hill in Washington Sept. 4, 2013. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Wednesday testified in a House of Representatives hearing about Syria, striving to sell President Barack Obama's plan for a punitive strike against the government of Bashar al-Assad for alleged use of chemical weapons. [Photo/Xinhua]