Alinghi announced this week it had signed another Team New Zealand member, navigator Mike Drummond, who was also akey figure in New Zealand's design team.
Rep. Mike Ross, D-Arkansas, and akey leader of the conservative Democratic group known as the Blue Dogs, told reporters he shares Elmendorf's concerns.
Mike Paranzino runs the pressure group Throw Away the Key from the town of Kensington in Maryland and is a former adviser to senior Republican politicians.
Last season's relegation, coupled with the financial uncertainty at Newcastle as a result of owner Mike Ashley's frustrated attempts to sell the club has resulted in the sale of a number of key players this summer.