He told the BBC's Andrew Marr show: "Sometimes I get the impression that people are waiting for an accident so that they can really focus [on] avoiding a bigger disaster.
Anelay said: "The government believes the most effective way to prevent refugees and migrants attempting this dangerous crossing is to focus our attention on countries of origin and transit, as well as taking steps to fight the people smugglers who wilfully put lives at risk by packing migrants into unseaworthy boats".
He added that it would be "sensible" for the CDC to focus its attentions on the same geographical areas as government, although exact details would be up for discussion.
If history is anything to go by, he will delegate economic policy to technocrats, and focus his own energies on tackling insecurity and reducing corruption in government.
James Leaton, at the Carbon Tracker Initiative, which produced the first list of 200, said concerned investors could focus on an increasingly small number of companies.
The president absolutely... believes that we all need to set aside other objectives and focus on the objective of helping the American people.
"Like all good digital content brands, the Labor Herald will focus on collaborating with and engaging an audience on whatever device or platform they choose to use (it doesn't really matter whether it's email, website, video or social media).
It also should be positive for sentiment because it would allow investors to focus on the Indian operations where the news around price increases has been encouraging.
The trust has since resumed normal service after reducing the number of beds in its under-pressure emergency assessment unit to allow staff to focus on priority cases.
"He had an absolute focus on bread and butter issues, and because of that was able to focus on visionary things, like building the Royal theatre, or fixing up the historic buildings at Macquarie street, saving the rainforests, introducing anti-discrimination laws, but above all I think saving the rainforest," Carr said.
Better Together officials insist that the decision to focus on the NHS was a panic measure after Salmond's debate defeat.
