For example, the Wales Office's travel and subsistence policy on air travel is governed by the airline's fare structure and the duration of the flight.

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He may be on the way out, but that doesn't make him wrong about the clear and present danger of an American president embarked on a path that insists on regarding economic policy as purely domestic policy, and it certainly doesn't mean that David Cameron would fare any better as the outside pressure continues to rise.

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As governor, Bush has zero foreign policy experience, except for occasional, perfunctory meetings with Mexican officials, standard fare for any border state governor, but surely no preparation for brokering a tough agreement between Israeli Prime Minister Barak and Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat.

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