Word: support
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...because of the way it was attached to the Enhanced 911 Public Safety Network and much-needed improvements in service to handicapped people with telecommunication services. From where I sat, enhanced 911 and services to the handicapped were being held hostage to the charge for residential directory assistance. I support the Enhanced 911 Public Safety Network and improved services to the handicapped, but I voted against the bill before the House because I felt NET should provide these services, period. If the phone company were to lose money on these services, officials could petition the DPU for a rate increase...
Some of Bush's supporters, like Senator John McCain of Arizona, do not want to hear dissent about American strategy in the Gulf. "The issue," McCain says, "its not prerogatives, it is patriotism." But if there is any lesson from Vietnam, it is that patriotism alone will not long suffice to sustain public support...
...January, more than 400,000 American troops will be in Saudi Arabia. The Soviet Union thus far has courteously endorsed our policies in the Gulf, but Red Army troops won't be there. Support from most of our Western allies is token. China abstained from the Security Council resolution. Half of the troops Syria promised have not been sent. Egypt will fight in Kuwait but not in Iraq. Is this a new world order...
Even now, House Speaker Tom Foley (D-Wash.) told President Bush not to reconvene Congress because representatives might not support military action. "Maybe it was too much to ask with the gridlock of the budget and on the eve of the election," Senator Daniel P. Moynihan told the New York Times, commenting on the failure of Congress to request a formal meeting with the Bush administration to discuss Gulf policy...
...ignoring the concerns of Americans and failing to seek support from Congress, President Bush has significantly weakened his own power in the Gulf. A strong moral appeal to the public and congressional support for his action would improve his status in the eyes of world leaders. His chances for success in the Gulf would vastly increase. Bush would be the leader of a nation with the unity and resolve to stick out a long-term military conflict. Instead, Saddam sees a President Bush who has acted without the support of the people and Congress...