Word: vetoes
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...Particularly when it's a relative certainty that precisely when any move towards reviving dialogue gathers momentum, Islamic Jihad or Hamas rebels will do their best to veto such dialogue with another well-timed suicide bombing...
While the staff is correct to note that Russia is not an enemy, it is also not so strong an ally that it should be given an influential role in the United States’ most powerful military alliance. Even if Russia does not receive any veto power over NATO, the need to consult Russia and smooth over any active opposition will necessarily constrain the alliance’s actions...
...past few years, Russia has frequently perceived its security interests as counter to our own. Russia voiced strong opposition to the NATO-led campaign in Kosovo and it has repeatedly used its veto power in the U.N. Security Council to block enforcement of the sanctions against Iraq. Russia has also shown little interest in stopping nuclear proliferation, as its cash-strapped government has sought to sell reactors and other materials to Iran...
...fast. Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham, who's furious that the GAO report was prematurely leaked, dismissed the study as "fatally flawed." Abraham appears intent on recommending to President Bush soon that the nuclear waste be located at Yucca. If Bush agrees, Nevada's governor and legislature can still veto the site. But Congress then has 60 days to override the state's disapproval. If it gets to that point, count on Reid to use all his powers as Senate majority whip to block the congressional override...
...course, there are powerful reasons not to give the “international community”—the same folks who put Sudan on the Human Rights Commission and Syria on the Security Council—a veto on our actions. Any international order we erect must satisfy our own national interests more often than it frustrates them; any other system would not be worth joining and would never retain long-term support...