Unless the Bush administration moves quickly to change the pattern, it will find itself slipping into a vicious cycle.

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Webb's diplomacy appears to be part of a pattern being established under the Obama administration.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Snakes in the grass

This concern about the Bush Administration's approach to decision-making is heightened by several previous actions -- actions that suggest a pattern of behavior of which the non-summit idea appears to be but the most recent example.

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