"Inappropriate & hypocritical" for Syria to be elected to the U.N.'s Human Rights Council

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is opposing Syria's candidacy to the United Nations' top human rights body and says it would be "inappropriate and hypocritical" for Syria to be elected to the U.N.'s Human Rights Council. Syria is currently running unopposed and is likely to gain a seat unless another Asian country contests the vote in late May.