[jpl]

Why don't you brush up on how our government works before making the accusation it's the President's fault?

With all due respect WIMom, freeeee is 100% correct. A decision of this kind of importance is not going to be left to lower level bureaucrats. Cabinet members would not make an announcement of the policyunless the President himself gave the go-ahead.

[mattdono]

Unless the burueacrat is intentionally going off the reservation and doing in public. In D.C., this has been known to happen!

It also could be a "trial balloon". As FREEPERs, we need to get on the phones/faxes/emails and let the White House know that this policy is UNACCEPTABLE!