Time and again, from the decision to wind and high speed rail subsidies, with each successive stimulus, this Administration has focused on shifting capital allocation away from markets and private experts into the hands of politicians.

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Not only does it fly in the face of explicit US commitments to Israel undertaken by the Bush administration, it contradicts a longstanding agreement between successive Israeli and American governments not to embarrass each other.

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Admiral Leon 'Bud' Edney (USN Ret.), former Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic, decried the "benign neglect" with which successive U.S. administrations have treated the Western hemisphere and expressed grave concern at the present Administration's failure to apply the basic tenets of the Monroe Doctrine with respect to China's ominous and growing involvement in our backyard.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center For Security Policy