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...tipping the scales of Iraqi political power. With a significant voting bloc in parliament--final results are due to be released by the end of December--Sunnis would be able to curb the influence of the Shi'ite religious parties and perhaps muster enough bargaining power to fill key Cabinet positions. One coveted slot: Interior Minister, as allegations emerge of Shi'ite militias using the police to target Sunnis...
Once parliament is in session, the loose alliances that grouped candidates together on election lists could well melt away as backroom haggling begins. And because the constitution requires only a 50% vote of no confidence to dissolve the government, it's possible the first Prime Minister and Cabinet won't stay in power anywhere close to their four-year terms. That means the biggest threat to the fledgling democracy may be political gridlock. A Pentagon official monitoring Iraq acknowledges that a weak administration could invite a coup. But that risk, says the official, "may just be one of the albatrosses...
...buffer against the seemingly inexorable rise of China. In February, the Japanese government joined the U.S. in declaring peace in the Taiwan Strait a "common strategic objective"?a move highly provocative to China that would have been unfathomable even five years ago. After a postelection cabinet reshuffle in November, Koizumi's newly appointed Foreign Affairs Minister, Taro Aso, said "Japan should first continue to build strong relations with America and, based on this, deepen relations with other Asian nations." That same month, the LDP drafted a plan to alter Article 9, the constitutional clause that famously renounces war, while Tokyo...
...Robbins says, and that opinion permeates the show. It tells the story of a group of journalists embedded alongside war-time troops who are fighting in the fictional country of Gomorrah (named after a biblical city of sinners; here meant to resemble Iraq). Containing scenes of a cabinet meeting of masked officials shouting “double fuck France,” and a chorus of easily-swayed journalists rocking back and forth to the rhythm of a military official’s speech about his nation’s “can-do spirit...
WHAT WAS YOUR REACTION EARLIER THIS YEAR WHEN A NATIONAL JOURNAL SURVEY OF G.O.P. INSIDERS NAMED YOU THE MOST UNDERRATED CABINET MEMBER? I think it's better to be underrated than overrated. I'm not interested in hogging the limelight. I just want to do a good...