The FSB has been regaining clout as a watchdog over the army; a recent law leaves the way open for the agency to interfere in the army's chain of command.
Yet his organization will not endorse this because its primary interest is regaining exile clout by ensuring that any future Cuban government bears its stamp.
Despite the expansion of the federal government since the 1930s, American states have remained a vibrant force, and regained considerable clout in recent years with a Republican-controlled Congress and a Democratic president at loggerheads in Washington.
"The crisis will last the rest of the government's term," predicts Arthur Virgílio, a senator from the opposition Brazilian Social Democracy Party.Mr Rebelo's election, greased by offers of pork and patronage, suggests that the government has regained some clout in Congress.
Do you want to lose your privileged access to that market?He also attacked the more explicit eurosceptic notion, that Britain would regain its international clout outside the EU.
"Not since Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Olivia DeHavilland and other multi-Oscared legends collectively turned to horror films in order to regain box-office clout in the early 60s have we seen so many Oscar-winning actresses decide bad is good for a career," noted Deadline Hollywood.
"Not since Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Olivia DeHavilland and other multi-Oscared legends collectively turned to horror films in order to regain box-office clout in the early 60′s have we seen so many Oscar-winning actresses decide bad is good for a career," noted Deadline Hollywood recently, although with one important difference.
Whether the Democrats will regain any of that clout in a few weeks is still a three-point tossup.
Anyway, if Mr Brown really wanted to reorient British policy, it would be he or Mr Miliband under whom the foreign office seems set to regain some of the clout it lost under Mr Blair who did it.
