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...current anti-immigration mood on Capitol Hill, especially among conservative Republicans, could end up ruining the DREAM. Immigration lobbyists like Marantes say they're still seeking the support of key legislators like Florida Senator Mel Martinez, the Republican National Committee chairman, who has yet to commit to the measure as a stand-alone bill. But maybe that's because he hasn't yet been lobbied by the kids from Killian Senior High...
...divided into more than 500 municipalities and only 152 have what is called universal suffrage. The rest vote by what is known as usos y costumbres, that is custom and tradition, which usually means a council of elders or a leading member of the village decides how to commit the community's votes. APPO has accused the government of plotting to intimidate the usos y costumbres vote into abstaining, thereby tipping the assembly into more conservative hands...
...well. Three times she told the audience things it didn't want to hear, and in each case she clearly had the general electorate in mind rather than the Democratic base. She insisted that the withdrawal from Iraq would have to be gradual. She refused to say she would commit U.S. ground troops to Darfur. And then, after Obama promised he would meet with the leaders of countries like Iran, Syria, North Korea and Cuba in his first year in office, she just leveled the guy. "I will not promise to meet with the leaders of these countries," she said...
...After all, picture this: More and more Republicans peel away from President Bush's strategy in Iraq until the day comes, maybe this September, maybe next year, when Democrats find themselves with a veto-proof majority to force Bush to commit to a timeline for withdrawing the troops in Iraq...
...Zelig, without the character's self-effacement, present at the key events of the past decade, especially its international convulsions. That's why his diaries will be pored over on both sides of the Atlantic. His friendship with President Clinton was tested when Britain chafed at U.S. reluctance to commit ground forces to Kosovo. "There were times that Tony and Alastair forgot the relative size and importance of the two countries," says a former U.S. official. "It was all well and good for Britain to offer up ground troops, but that was only going to happen if America was going...