Word: vetoes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Jumblatt's in the Syrian-backed National Salvation Front. Eddé, who went into exile because of fears of assassination, is the country's most popular politician, mainly because of his gilt-edged reputation for honesty. He is also stubborn, which would probably earn him a veto from Syria. Franjieh, on the other hand, is obviously on good terms with Damascus, and would enjoy its support...
...Mubarak, who, along with King Hussein of Jordan, is scheduled to meet with President Reagan in Washington on Tuesday. Mubarak's government is maneuvering to regain admittance to the Arab League, from which Egypt was expelled following the 1979 signing of the Camp David accords. Syria holds a veto over Egypt's renewed membership in the league. Officially, Cairo had no comment on the U.S.'s tactical shifts in Lebanon...
...congressional deadline for recommendations to the President, which means it could be 1990 before the White House can decide. Moreover, presidential action is unlikely to end America's search for a place to put its atomic waste. The Nuclear Waste Power Act gives states the right to veto any federal site selection, and some will undoubtedly exercise that option, though both houses of Congress may overturn a veto. While everyone believes that the U.S. must have a nuclear waste repository, no one wants it in his backyard...
Granger called Justiz's veto "an extraordinary action," adding that it "violated the integrity of the peer review process" and broke a strong precedent of following the recommendations of the advisory panel and the contracting adviser...
...offshore and ferrying them to the mainland for patrols; calling for the accelerated withdrawal of the Marines, but without setting a deadline that would encourage the Syrians to outwait the U.S.; and replacing the U.S. troops with a United Nations peace-keeping force (a plan the Soviets would surely veto...