The United States and Russia reached an agreement Saturday on a plan that would ultimately result in the destruction of all of Syria's chemical weapons; the deal sets out a series of "special procedures" which will involve action by the United Nations Security Council, even raising the threat of possible military action to enforce the agreement.

Here is the text of the statement released by the State Department on Saturday morning:

The United States and Russia reached an agreement Saturday on a plan that would ultimately result in the destruction of all of Syria's chemical weapons; the deal sets out a series of "special procedures" which will involve action by the United Nations Security Council, even raising the threat of possible ...

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