But this project is difficult to put in place because of the absence of a clear policy.

Choices are further constrained by tax cuts, extravagant spending and the absence of a policy to reduce American dependency on imported oil.

The problems in the health services multiplied in the absence of a clear policy.

In the absence of a comprehensive off-road policy, state officials have so far declined to rule on the proposal.

For any Administration, the absence of a clearly enunciated policy is the political equivalent of a vacuum.

Meeting these and other needs in the absence of a well-crafted policy to reduce the deficit can only make matters worse.

After all, the absence of a supranational policy does not mean that the Member States are unable to cooperate one with another.

We are seriously suffering from the absence of a foreign policy from the Union.

They added that in the absence of a more stimulative fiscal policy, the Fed will probably need to lower rates again.

They show that the American response to foreign investment has been inconsistent and contradictory - a reflection of the absence of a coherent policy.