However, Todd Harrison of the Centre for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments in Washington reckons that the political compromises needed for a long-term fix are unlikely.Mr Carter will also attempt to persuade Mr Obama and his ever-meddling team of advisers that some new thinking is needed to deal with the situation in Iraq and Syria.
For O'Farrell, that was blatant meddling in team affairs.
It is the second time the French trainer has left the job because of meddling in team affairs.
And Fawaz Al Hasawi is in no doubt he made the correct move and was quick to deny meddling in team affairs.
After the Black Hawks ended the 1926 27 season with a playoff berth after finishing in third place in the American Division with a 19 22 3 record, he resigned because of constant meddling from team owner Major McLaughlin.
Sources insist he is not one to meddle in team affairs, rather an owner happy to sit back and observe.
When Silvio Berlusconi joked that his manager looked too scruffy in post-match interviews Allegri quickly smartened up, but when the owner tried to meddle in team selection, calling for the team to use all their attacking talents at once, he resisted – and was fully vindicated.
He dismissed speculation that he would find it difficult working for an owner who reportedly meddled in team affairs during Mackay's reign.
Steinbrenner questioned McLaughry's authority — while misspelling the coach's name — to meddle with teams other than the one he coached, and then Steinbrenner, the future Yankees owner, stood up for the little guys.
The abusive partner was James Dolan, the C.E.O. of Cablevision and the owner of the Knicks, who has been accused for years of meddling in the team's basketball affairs, to ill effect, and then refusing to explain his decisions.
The Raiders are officially mum on the subject, and Fox floated veiled hints today, when prompted by reporters, that he quit because of meddling from the team owner, Al Davis.
