The Government of Wales Bill contains three main elements, the first - a proposal to separate the executive and legislative functions of the Assembly has proved largely uncontroversial.

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They have to be turned over when the demanding branch can articulate a compelling need for the information to fulfill one of its own constitutional functions -- a need that outweighs the executive branch's interest in confidentiality.

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Administration. (a) The Task Force shall have a staff, headed by an Executive Director, which shall provide support for the functions of the Task Force.

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Executive secretaries and administrative assistants perform general office functions to keep the higher-ups of the group organized.

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But that strategy would give him time to transfer his position and executive functions from the Yugoslav federal presidency back to his power base within the republic of Serbia itself.

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Such an abdication of one of the Senate's most important functions might be tolerable, if reprehensible, provided the executive branch were doing its job - negotiating thoughtfully and forcefully on behalf of and toward ends that actually advance U.S. interests.

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