It's all done for short-term political reasons, to win elections. Take the quarrel over whether to admit the Baltic states. That has nothing to do with world security. Daley controls lots of votes for the nomination. Seriously though, it's nice to see that others notice how and why many policies, laws and regulations are made in this country.
Abuse of office is rather common here.
Check out the federal law books. Directs the Secretary of State to report annually to specified congressional committees information on each Biosphere Reserve within the United States. We support this bill, but with some reservations. Nor, in our opinion, does it go far enough in protecting our property rights. However, it appears that this is as close are we will get to that goal at this time.