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...says, “veto.” We leave...
...United Nations discussed imposing sanctions on Sudan as a punishment for sponsoring human-rights abuses in Darfur. China has invested a reported $15 billion in Sudanese oil projects, and Sudan nowadays supplies about 7% of China's oil imports. China, which sits on the U.N. Security Council, threatened to veto the sanctions. The U.N. instead passed a watered-down measure...
...course, such a discussion remains unlikely so long as the majority of congressmen remain content bringing home pork-barrel projects to their constituents. These leaders have no real incentive to plead for less money for their state’s defense. While the Department of Homeland Security maintains some veto power over how the money is spent, fixing this problem requires strong leadership from the executive branch. No action is likely unless the white house transforms this matter from a funding allocation issue into a significant political issue. And in this tight election season, such action is all but definitely...
...already indicated there are "no more obstacles" to talks getting started, though his report is expected to contain a "yes, but ..." clause that would allow the E.U. to keep pressure on Turkey to press on with reforms once talks begin. A last-minute public revolt could, theoretically, produce a veto in December; Turkish officials are most worried about France and Austria. But French President Jacques Chirac says he still backs talks and Austria, according to diplomats, is not likely to stand alone. Rejection now, Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul told TIME, would seriously damage Europe's credibility and "fuel hostility...
...oratorical inferiority. By “flip-flop,” I think he is trying to say that at first, when a fair and economically feasible version of the bill was on the Senate floor, Kerry supported it, but after the Bush administration used the threat of a veto to change critical clauses of the bill, he decided to vote against it. Yeah, I guess if you put it that way, Kerry does sound pretty outrageous...