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...Dobson says on Wednesday's "Focus on the Family" broadcast that the information from Rove that reassured him was "what we all know now: that Harriet Miers is an Evangelical Christian, that she is from a very conservative church, which is almost universally pro-life, that she had taken on the American Bar Association on the issue of abortion and fought for a policy that would not be supportive of abortion, that she had been a member of the Texas Right to Life." Even so, Dobson says, ?Rove didn't tell me anything about the way Harriet Miers would vote...
...deals to settle a woefully indecisive election, but Germany finally has a new Chancellor-designate: former physics instructor Angela Merkel, 51, who will be the first woman ever nominated for the post. Merkel will not be officially sworn in until late November, but although talks continue between her conservative Christian Democrat party and Gerhard Schroeder 's center-left Social Democrats on how to form a coalition government, Schroeder's party has now given up its claim to Germany's top post...
...Although they gave up the chancellorship, the Social Democrats will receive eight places in the new cabinet, including the important Foreign and Finance Ministries. Merkel's Christian Democrats will control six spots, including Economics, Defense and Interior. Schroeder's political future is uncertain - he will not serve in the new government and is widely expected to take a job in the private sector once the new government is sworn...
...protracted negotiations over staffing the cabinet may yet prove easy in comparison to the talks currently under way over how to govern. The two sides agree in principle on the need for economic reform, but the Social Democrats are not expected to back the tougher measures advocated by the Christian Democrats, including, for example, weakening the bargaining power of labor unions...
...Merkel's party, however, has its own differences with Washington, most importantly over the question of Turkey's joining the European Union: Washington strongly backs Turkey's accession, while the Christian Democrats are openly opposed to granting Ankara full membership. The Social Democrats say admitting Turkey is a good idea...