The panel, made up of top officials from the Nixon, Ford, Carter, Bush, Reagan and Clinton administrations, supports a policy shift because of changing global needs, economic realities, policies of allies and Iran's evolving political environment.
In Britain, where both David Cameron and Gordon Brown have grappled with this reality, policy is catching up with the research.
Theoretically, the interim committee is the I.M.F.'s policy-making arm, but in reality policy is made by the big countries.
The reality, policy experts say, is that the Bush administration, and a McCain administration, would do the same; they just wouldn't announce it first.
In the face of this grim reality, policy advocates and California officials are increasingly calling for initiatives such as large-scale groundwater banking, similar to Arizona's, as a critical element of California's water future.
In reality, policy makers need to make choices on interventions taking those criteria into account simultaneously.
However, these approaches concentrate on single criteria only, whereas in reality, policy makers need to make choices taking into account multiple criteria simultaneously.
They concentrate on single criteria only, whereas in reality, policy makers need to make choices taking into account multiple criteria simultaneously.
In reality, policy decisions about the implementation of new services will be based on taking into account all of the different benefits and costs.
"In reality, insurance policies are written by teams of lawyers, and it can be rough for homeowners," she said.
