Word: vetoes
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...trying to stop a second-term slump before it becomes a long slide to oblivion. The most successful ones in modern times have gone about it in different ways, depending on the forces that were arrayed against them. Dwight Eisenhower, confronting a hostile Congress, made his mark with his veto pen. Ronald Reagan rid his White House of the aides whose incompetence and duplicity had produced Iran-contra, and engaged the Soviet foe he had once called an "evil empire." After Bill Clinton got past impeachment, he did what he could by Executive Order and picked his shots with Republicans...
...under way in Hong Kong, since Brussels' concessions on farm subsidies and tariffs weren't enough for the likes of the U.S., Australia and Brazil. Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson wanted to go further, but Paris made it clear that if he promised too much on agriculture, France would veto a final wto agreement. Mandelson had hoped his offers on agriculture would kick-start negotiations on trade in services and industrial tariffs, but the talks barely moved. European farm protection was once again seen as the biggest global obstacle to free and fair trade, and the E.U.'s claims to leadership...
...Friday. Both houses are struggling with five-year budget cuts that at the moment tally $50 billion in the House and $35 billion in the Senate. Legislators must also grapple with a host of contentious policy issues before they reach for the eggnog and mistletoe. Against a threatened presidential veto, Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain will continue to forcefully defend a popular bill that would ban torture of prisoners in U.S. custody. Before Christmas, legislators are also expected to undertake an extension of the USA Patriot Act, which provides anti-terrorism tools to law enforcement, a Band-Aid for troubled...
Want evidence that the CIA is trying to get its groove back? Consider the tale of the tippler. An agency spook trying to recruit a potentially useful overseas target felt compelled to warn his bosses recently that the man enjoyed a drink. Fearing that deskbound managers would veto the contact, the spook was thrilled to be told "to use his instincts, be smart and see" what develops. The episode, related to TIME by someone close to the agency, is meant to illustrate how, a year into Director Porter Goss's tenure, the CIA is inching back to the risk-taking...
...Terror are clear. The recent success of Senator John McCain’s, R-Ariz., anti-torture legislation indirectly questioned the administration’s commitment to upholding human rights; the amendment received an overwhelming 90-9 victory in the Senate. But Vice President Dick Cheney threatened to veto the legislation unless altered to exempt the CIA from the amendment, suggesting the measure not be applied to counter-terrorism operations carried out abroad, or “by an element of the United States government” other than the Defense Department. In a disappointing turn of events, the White...