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President Bush's veto of the $124 billion Iraq spending bill puts the congressional Republicans in a spot where they haven't been since last year: They actually matter...
...breaking point has come over Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's insistence on nominating his number two, Abdullah Gul, as Turkey's next President. The presidency is a largely symbolic role, but he wields important veto power. With Gul as President, and the Justice and Development Party (AKP) a comfortable majority in parliament, secular Turks fear "it would be the beginning of the end for Turkey as we know it," says commentator Metin Munir. Their concern is that the AKP harbors a secret Islamist agenda, and that without the appropriate checks on their power, they will seek to adopt Sharia...
...behind the congressional vote on an Iraq spending bill that includes withdrawal dates--and the inevitable Bush veto of that bill--arose a deeper debate about truth and its consequences. David Petraeus, the American commander in Iraq, briefed lawmakers on his progress after nine U.S. paratroopers died in one of the deadliest ground assaults of the war. Was that evidence that the new strategy was doomed, or only that it was dangerous, bringing soldiers into forward outposts to engage the enemy? Or both...
...public buildings, although she later dropped the case.) If her husband is confirmed, Mrs. Gul would be the only Turkish First Lady ever to cover her hair in this way. By contrast, the incumbent, President Ahmet Necdet Sezer, a former judge and staunch secularist, has routinely wielded his veto to block AKP initiatives he deemed too Islamist...
...Bible Belt. His party's ascendance over the past five years poses a clear challenge not only to the military, but to Turkey's old secular establishment. It's a challenge based on a democratic mandate from the electorate. But in a country where the military retains an implicit veto over the actions of the democratically elected politicians, it remains to be seen how far the balance will be tipped...