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Even President Bush allowed that Israeli forces "need to act with greater restraint." At the U.N. Security Council, the U.S., which frequently uses its veto there to shield Israel from criticism, found itself in the odd position of sponsoring a resolution castigating its ally for using excessive force to quell the Palestinians, who were throwing rocks at Jewish worshipers gathered at Judaism's sacred Western Wall...
...drafted text with a watered-down version of a proposal made by Yemen on behalf of the Palestine Liberation Organization and backed by the seven other nonaligned Council members. The Yemeni faction had wanted the resolution to blast only Israel but, faced with the threat of a U.S. veto, the group relented in the end. The approved draft "expresses alarm" at the violence in general, thus indirectly criticizing the rock-throwing Palestinians, and "condemns especially" the behavior of the Israeli security forces...
...Howe said that before the recent Supreme Court decisions no de facto quotas had occurred. Howe said Bush is merely keeping his promise to veto the bill to his "business friends" who oppose the measure...
...Civil Rights bill, which has been threatened with a presidential veto, shifts the burden of proof in employment discrimination cases from employees to employers. The bill has passed the Senate and was expected to pass the House Wednesday...
With the Democratic solution on the table, it will be the the President and his party's fault for prolonging the budget crisis. Bush is the chief executive. Let him act the part. If he is unwilling to compromise, let him veto tax reform...