Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Tuesday that the Syrian
government has slowed preparations to use its chemical-weapon stockpiles
against the opposition.
Panetta told reporters on his flight to Kuwait that Syrian
President Bashar Assad seemed to have “got the message” after the White House
and others warned Assad there would be severe consequences for using the
weapons.
There were reports last week that Syrian forces had started mixing the chemicals to potentially use sarin in bombs.
Read more on The Hill's DEFCON Hill blog.
