Even the British consulate in East Jerusalem, home to her majesty's representative to the Palestinian Authority, operates an informal boycott policy, declining to serve settlement wines, water or other produce at functions.
The early regulations of the 1970s and 1980s had the largest impact on air quality, with the marginal impact of each additional regulatory policy declining through time.
The I.R.S., as is its policy, declined to comment.
Senator Christopher J. Dodd of Connecticut, who has repeatedly questioned Mr. Obama's statements on foreign policy, declined to criticize by name.
Halliburton, which continues to follow the more aggressive policy, declined to make Mr. Lesar available for comment.
Some administration officials involved in the policy declined to be interviewed, or would do so only on the condition they not be identified.
The Red Bulls, following company policy, declined to comment from New Jersey or from Salzburg, Austria, where the energy-drink company that owns the team has its headquarters.
The Independent Police Review Authority (IPRA), which investigates whether officer-involved shootings violated department policy, declined to comment on the Cruz case because it's still pending.
The S.E.C., in keeping with its normal policy, declined to comment on whether it had looked into the company, DEI Holdings, but there has been no indication that it is doing so.
Seth Wheeler, a senior adviser in the Treasury Department who specializes in housing policy, declined to say whether the investment firms that are lowering principal for homeowners are altruistic or not.
The official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of standard department policy, declined to provide further details, but the French newspaper Journal du Dimanche reported Saturday that one of those investigations involved BNP Paribas.
