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Critics on the right dismissed the tour as a simplistic photo op, and Peter Edelman, a former Clinton official who quit to protest the 1996 welfare reform, called it cosmetic, arguing that Clinton "cannot admit the extent of the problem because his Administration has a vested interest in the notion that welfare reform has been a success."
Maneuvering around countries such as Russia and Iran, both with vested interests in the region, is among the bedeviling challenges for big U.S. oil companies and for the Clinton Administration.
Do they have a vested interest in the status quo?
!" The only problem I have is that it's not breaking down nearly fast enough, due to vested interests, institutional inertia, and lots of uncertainty about the new models of wealth creation that will replace the industrial leviathan.
Even without the changes we recommend, the American public has vested enormous authority in the U.S. government.