Cobol - Re: OT: Military Ranks/Computers : WAS Re: newbie question on cobol syntax

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Re: OT: Military Ranks/Computers : WAS Re: newbie question on cobol syntax

Howard Brazee

2007-04-30, 9:55 pm

On Sun, 29 Apr 2007 18:53:36 -0600, LX-i <lxi0007@netscape.net> wrote:

>Right - but you said we didn't have to wait until 2008. According to
>our Constitution, you're right - for new foreign policy (well, from new
>folks anyway) we have to wait until 2009. Diplomacy is the domain of
>the executive branch, not the legislative branch.

Not entirely. Which causes some consternation when executives sign
treaties which don't get ratified.

Often diplomacy works similar to the president's veto power over the
legislature - only in reverse.

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