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...potentially splits Rafsanjani's vote, improving the chances of hard-liners. Even if the reformers win, the Khatami years have proven that the clerical bodies controlled by the conservatives trump the power of the presidency. The Supreme Leader is also concerned to maintain a modicum of popular consent for Iran's institutions. Reformers had threatened to boycott the election, which could damage the state's legitimacy in the eyes of its citizens - voter turnout in the tightly controlled elections has consistently been above 50 percent since the 1979 revolution...
SENATOR JOHN KERRY: Mr. Chairman, with your esteemed consent I would like to start talking and then go on and on. Firstly, I have in my hand signed affidavits from various groups in protest of the President's choice...
ADVISE AND CONSENT...
...Seoul-based Western diplomat. Which box is blacker? According to a poll published last week by the Munhwa Ilbo daily and the Korea Society Opinion Institute, nearly one in two South Koreans say they would support North Korea if the U.S. launches a military strike without the South's consent. In a poll conducted last year by Seoul-based Research and Research, 39% of respondents said the biggest threat to South Korean national security was the U.S., while 33% said they feared North Korea the most...
Mitchell said that “exceptions can be made” to the ban on media inside FAS venues when student performers consent to having their shows recorded...