Word: veto
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Alarmed by the Capital Cities/ABC and Westinghouse/CBS mergers, President Clinton has promised to block the bill for now. Unfortunately, his veto threat looks unsustainable. Hopefully the Democrats who have acquiesced in this conservative power grab will soon come to their senses and realize their true commitments to the American people. If not, we can expect even more grossly unfair electoral competition and an even less socially responsible media in the future...
...effort eventually bore fruit in the form of several new moves, most of which were hammered out in a series of follow-up nato meetings in Brussels. Perhaps the most important change was insistence that the so-called dual-key arrangement, which gave U.N. Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali veto authority over nato air strikes, be scrapped. (Accordingly, the U.N. chief did not learn of last week's bombings until just after the air strikes began, when a note was passed to him as he dined with friends at his Manhattan residence...
...undermined its authority, a potential liability in the 1996 presidential elections. The consequences of Clinton's inability to pursue a credible Bosnia policy could be seen two weeks ago when Congress finally approved a bill to lift the arms embargo on the former Yugoslavia, a move Clinton opposes. He vetoed that bill last Friday; if Congress overrides the veto when it returns after Labor Day, it will be an extraordinary defeat for a President on a foreign policy matter. So Clinton is under pressure to show mettle where Bosnia is concerned...
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...promised, President Clinton vetoed legislation that would have unilaterally ended American participation in the U.N. arms embargo against Bosnia. The President expects to use the congressional summer recess to wheedle enough members to change their votes and sustain his veto...