Foreign Policy: In the Business of Change - Congressional Quarterly

[...] Now, though, at a time when critical resources such as oil, water and minerals are growing scarce, when challenges to the United States are multiplying and when the ability of Washington to project power has diminished, government and business are again finding some common purpose, albeit uneasily. The Obama administration and Congress are stepping up efforts to bring the leverage of U.S. companies — which in some areas of the world exceeds the reach of government institutions — to the business of achieving U.S. policy goals.

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