Although the program is growing at a record rate, the federal official who oversees it would like it to grow even faster.
The Department of Justice, which oversees it, would like to divert those resources elsewhere.
Via a new Army and Marine field manual Petraeus helped to oversee, it would be presented as the missing formula for success in the Bush administration's two flailing, failing invasions-cum-occupations on the Eurasian mainland.
It would block the body from moving forward on any investigation without full approval by members of Congress who oversee it, yet it would have no investigative ability to uncover evidence in order to obtain that approval.
Independent though it may be of funding from the publishers it would oversee, it instead gets its cash from private benefactors (Max Mosley, whose grievances against the press don't need repeating here, presently finances the organisation to the tune of £3.8m via two charities).
In negotiations over the weekend, aides to Mr. Bloomberg and Mr. Cuomo resolved longstanding disputes over which government agencies would pay for the costs of the museum and which officials would oversee it.
But it raised new questions about who would oversee it and how disputes might be resolved.
A steering committee, comprised of representatives from the District Department of Transportation, Arlington County and others, would oversee it.
Anne Pasternak, the director, said yes; Nato Thompson would oversee it as curator.
A spokesman for the electoral council said Wednesday that arrangements were being made for the retabulation of votes and the committee that would oversee it.
