The blatant confusion swirling around the status of a major piece of federal legislation is understandable, even if not entirely defensible.

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Its jumpiness about the Fed's quirky new notion of declaring a bias is understandable, even if it may not be justified by the record.

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And it is understandable, even right, that a mid-sized European power should occasionally perceive its interests in the world as being different from America's.

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