Secretary of State Kerry denounced the Assad regime and said the US will give an additional $378 million in humanitarian aid to the Syrian people, bringing the US total so far in the conflict to $2.4 billion. A Senate report found that the Department of Homeland Security has failed to conduct security inspections at 99% of the 4,011 chemical facilities considered at high risk for terrorist attacks. The Defense Department confirmed that as a routine matter the US recently released weapons from its stockpile to Israel.
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