Obama: Alleged chemical attack is clearly a big event

US President Barack Obama said in an interview Friday: "What we've seen indicates that this is clearly a big event, of grave concern,” in reference to the scenes of the alleged massive poison gas attack in Damascus Thursday. It demands America’s attention, he said, adding, "The notion that the US can somehow solve what is a sectarian complex problem inside of Syria sometimes is overstated." Obama called on the Assad government to allow a full investigation but did not expect him to cooperate. 

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