The White House Monday pushed for the Syrian government to admit the waiting UN team of chemical weapons inspectors to help confirm the "varying degrees" of suspicion that such weapons - mainly sarin - were used there, dpa reported. Answering repeated questions by reporters about whether Syria has crossed a red line that would trigger US involvement, spokesman Jay Carney said verification would be "certainly easier if you were to have a team on the ground, allowed entry by the Assad regime." Carney repeated US President Barack Obama's insistence from last week that the US must have confirmed evidence that an attack took place before it carries out threatened consequences. He said the evidence must be "corroborated" and "airtight."
