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...Senate bill's backers call Hastert's hearings a stalling tactic. "It's hard to conclude that this is anything but an effort to kill it for the year," says Arizona Republican Jeff Flake. But they can take the game on the road too. Senate Judiciary chairman Arlen Specter said last week he'd hold hearings--to boost the legislation...
...general political analysis presented by the specter of Dulles’ stolidity and Nixon’s serpentine behavior, Eisenhower, despite his illness, appears a most creative leader. This appears in his proposals for the segregation problem—moderate but forceful action and the establishment of biracial commissions. Eisenhower’s stands, both foreign and domestic (with the exception of the farm bill), have been forthright and sensible. In light of his own worth and the incompetence of his immediate subordinates, the President’s recurring illness is most distressing to a comparatively leaderless nation...
...partners made a deal not to enumerate the "carrots"? and "sticks" before a European delegation presents them privately to Iranian leaders.? But they are known to include the enticement of a light water power reactor - whose radioactive fuel is hard to convert to use in a bomb - and the specter of? punishments ranging from? bank account freezes and travel bans to a full-scale economic embargo...
...Some Republicans have been complaining about Presidential overreach for some time. House Republican Heather Wilson objected directly to the President earlier in the year about the National Security Agency's domestic eavesdropping program, and Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania has held hearings on NSA eavesdropping and detention of American citizens. Now, however, it appears Congressional leaders are getting in on the act. After all, there's nothing like an immediate threat to focus the mind...
...Israel are maintaining an economic blockade of Palestinian territories in the hope of forcing Hamas to renounce violence and recognize Israel. But the resulting deterioration of the humanitarian situation is fueling mounting chaos in Gaza as rival security forces battle for control over the streets - raising the specter of the complete collapse of the Palestinian Authority and even outright civil...