But the choice of President is, at the very least, an indicator of the direction policy will take.
Whatever direction policy takes, we need joint action to protect the world from terrorism, nuclear or otherwise.
All that being said, if this change of heart is an indicator of the direction policy is heading then it could be significant.
Before heading off in a new and risky direction, policy makers should carefully consider a host of ideas that could shave hundreds of billions of dollars from projected Medicare spending over the next decade without shifting huge burdens onto beneficiaries.
Unfortunately, with election-year partisanship only intensifying Washington's gridlock, concerted action to support the economy will have to wait until after the election, and no one knows which direction policy will take.
By January 1962 Mao had, as he later put it, moved to the "second line" to concentrate "on dealing with questions of the direction, policy, and line of the party and the state".
Ms Hill had been criticised for the New Strategic Direction policy on outsourcing services.
But she was criticised for the "New Strategic Direction" policy on outsourcing services, which she championed.
Ms Hill, a 47-year-old mother-of-three, has been a controversial figure since her appointment in 2008, both for her £218,000 salary and the "New Strategic Direction" policy she championed of outsourcing services.
Keep everyone on your team informed of the inevitable changes (i.e. direction, policy, timelines, goals, personnel etc).
