Delay in Syria vote frees Obama to shift to hefty domestic agenda

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U.S. President Obama speaks alongside Secretary of Defense Hagel and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Dempsey during the 12th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks at the Pentagon near WashingtonBy Caren Bohan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Putting off a decision on military strikes on Syria allows President Barack Obama to shift his attention back to a weighty domestic agenda for the fall that includes budget fights, immigration and selecting a new chairman of the Federal Reserve. Obama and his aides have immersed themselves for a week and a half in an intensive effort to win support in Congress for U.S. military action in Syria after a suspected chemical weapons attack last month killed more than 1,400 people. …

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