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White House: UN needs immediate access to Syria site

Obama administration officials have said that if the Syrian Government has "nothing to hide" it should grant UN inspectors immediate access to the suspected chemical attack sites
White House spokesman Jay Carney responds to a question about the Boston Marathon bombing, during a news conference in which he also addressed the media about investigations of a suspicious letter containing ricin that was addressed to U.S. President Barack Obama, at the White House in Washington April 17, 2013. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque  (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS CRIME LAW DISASTER) - RTXYPG2

The White House on Wednesday demanded that United Nations inspectors be given immediate access to a site near Damascus where Syrian opposition activists claimed hundreds were killed in an overnight nerve gas attack.

“If the Syrian government has nothing to hide and is truly committed to an impartial and credible investigation of chemical weapons use in Syria, it will facilitate the UN team’s immediate and unfettered access to this site,” White House spokesman Josh Earnest said in a statement Wednesday.

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