McCarthy hopes to avoid the pitfalls of the transfer period this month by ignoring overseas players, who often require additional time to acclimatize to the British game.

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The Administration's new policy stance also serves to further acclimatize U.S. citizens to this sort of strategic frivolity, and makes it that much hard for future administrations to right the ship and set America on an effective policy path.

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