Word: reclaimation
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...Afghanistan and Iraq. But the Vice President pointed the Administration in that direction. He castigated "the nature of the regime"; said that Iranians have a "right to be free from oppression, from economic deprivation and tyranny"; and declared that "America looks forward to the day when Iranians reclaim their destiny." Cheney's indictment of Iran's regime as one that deserves to be eliminated could be read as another point of U.S. pressure, designed to entice Iranian leaders to accept the U.S. offer to negotiate a peaceful end to the crisis. But such rhetoric, instead, may prove the point...
...President has made no secret that he intends to pick a fight with Dems on spending. He hopes to reclaim the mantle of fiscal conservatism that plays well to his increasingly dissatisfied base, threatening to block nine of the 12 annual spending bills. The Democrats are countering by front-loading the legislative calendar with the most sympathetic bills. They next plan to hammer Bush on a bipartisan water-resources bill that again he says costs too much money. "The President's vetoes are not consistent with the judgment of the American public," says House majority leader Steny Hoyer. "We believe...
...President has made no secret that he intended to pick a fight with Dems on spending, threatening to block nine of the 12 annual spending bills. It's all part of his campaign to reclaim the mantle of fiscal conservatism that plays well with his increasingly dissatisfied base. The Democrats are countering by front-loading the legislative calendar with spending bills on such sentimental topics as education and veterans that will make Bush look like the Grinch for even daring to veto. They next plan to hammer him on a bipartisan water resources bill that - again - Bush says costs...
...Crimson reclaim glory after its potentially disastrous stumble against Brown? I’ve got an acronym for you, and it’s only four letters long: NCAA...
...contrary, an economically resurgent Russia views the Iran standoff as another opportunity to reclaim some of the strategic ground it lost after the Soviet collapse. It is pushing back against the U.S. because it sees Washington's power as having been used to decimate Moscow's influence in the former Soviet territories it considers its backyard. That strategic orientation has led Russia to make common cause with other regimes at odds with Washington, most important among them China; ironically, perhaps, Moscow and Beijing are more closely aligned now, against U.S. power, than they were during the Cold War, when their...