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...That sudden and historic expulsion left Israel militarily supreme in the Middle East, and therefore able to risk making a generous peace offer. At the same time, Israel could no longer cite security as a reason for hanging on to the territory taken from the Arabs during the 1967 Six-Day War; it thus faced the possibility of international pressure to return the land to its rightful owners. Israel cautiously waited before making its move, but it has now responded on both counts. It has made a secret offer to Cairo that includes, for the first time, a map detailing...
...predecessors combined; in times of crisis he has stood up to the Soviet Union in the Middle East. McGovern is more of a mystery. At first he was too dovish: he wanted the Israelis to return just about all the territories they had conquered from the Arabs in the Six-Day War, and he urged the internationalization of Jerusalem. Under pressure, he abandoned these positions and even went so far as to promise to supply U.S. troops if Israel were threatened with annihilation...
President Nixon used the pocket veto during a six-day Christmas break in 1970 to kill a Kennedy-backed medical-aid bill that authorized $225 million to train general practitioners. Nixon said the program was too expensive. Kennedy got Congress to appropriate money anyway, but HEW refused to spend it. Charging the Administration with derogation of the powers of Congress, Kennedy went to court to compel the two defendants to have the act officially published...
...before, but the Supreme Court in 1929 upheld its having been used during a four-month adjournment. Kennedy's suit will argue, however, that the pocket veto was designed for the long adjournments that were common in the 18th century and that it can hardly apply during a six-day break. It is rare though not unprecedented for a member of Congress to sue the Administration. But the Supreme Court, which Kennedy hopes will rule on the case by next spring, has suggested that legislators have a special status to bring suit when executive action undermines "the effectiveness...
...propose to Israel annexation, as the 51st American state?" Buckley goes on to envision the advantages: "If Israel's foreign policy were written in Washington, the Arab countries' fear of Israeli expansionism would end"; presumably the U.S. would begin by returning all the territories conquered in the Six-Day War. "If Israel becomes part of the U.S., there is no further question of attacking the state of Israel-as well attack the city of Chicago...