And, of course, there is this mess in Gotham from the administration of the self-proclaimed libertarian Mayor.
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It will be dangerous and self-defeating if the Administration chooses in its pursuit of Soviet assent to START to accede to Moscow's demand that SDI be sacrificed.
However, when traders pay themselves a small fee to unlock AGI deductions for retirement plans and health insurance premiums, they do owe payroll taxes on salaries or self-employment taxes on administration fees.
This was Britain's self-styled Camelot, an administration of politicians who really were convinced that they were the brightest and the best.
But while conservatives can be forgiven for sneering a bit at the way the Obama Administration's moralistic self-righteousness has been succeeded by a quiet, almost embarrassed validation of Bush-era counter-terrorist policy, we need to give credit where credit is due.
It spares the Obama administration continuing damage from the self-inflicted wound of yet another very bad personnel decision.
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While business, having just regained its independence and dignity, is leery of reentering an unequal and self-destructive relationship with the Obama administration.
The Friday announcement was welcome news, especially because the Obama administration had not met a self-imposed deadline regarding the amendment of the crucial agreement.
Last Thursday's statement from the North Korean Foreign Ministry said nuclear weapons are "for self-defense to cope with the Bush administration's evermore undisguised policy to isolate and stifle" its government.
And yet, the self-proclaimed champions of the downtrodden in the administration are doing the morally unjustifiable.
His position is consistent with two key policies of the Obama Administration: a greener economy and energy self-reliance.
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The phrase "enlightened self-interest" has been used repeatedly by administration officials this week in describing the role of business.
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But the administration has compounded its vague goals with self-defeating clarity on methods.
"The Administration holds firm to the principle of self-funding as the means of ensuring the Postal Service continues to meet all its financial obligations, " U.S. Office of Personnel Management Acting Director Dan G.
The administration must rectify the plan's self-serving appearance.
So, what should we make of a poll that says only 2% of self-identified "tea partiers" know the Obama administration cut taxes for most Americans in the current year?
In order to provide full autonomy to the inhabitants, under these arrangements the Israeli military government and its civilian administration will be withdrawn as soon as a self-governing authority has been freely elected by the inhabitants of these areas to replace the existing military government.
For its part, the administration appears stunned, still unable to believe that its self-abasement toward the Middle East didn't inaugurate the Age of Aquarius.
Not surprisingly, Mr. Weinberger's self-described "contrarian" recommendations sharply contrast with the Bush administration's unquestioning endorsement of the Soviet leader and its headlong rush to prop up his floundering, authoritarian regime.
The Uribe administration is under attack because the demobilization of the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) and the resulting peace process has led to the opening of old and new wounds, revealing links between the paramilitary and the political establishment.
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As Eichler notes, several things are driving this, including a long-term shift in resources to antiterrorism cases, and more recently the use of deferred prosecution agreements, a policy put in place during the Bush administration and unchanged by Obama, which puts an emphasis on self-policing by corporations in the hopes of heading off long, costly court cases.
As her article was hitting the presses, the Obama administration had already begun openly denying the existence of one of her self-proclaimed great achievements in office.
Such is the influence of the Halperin syndrome that Clinton Administration officials who exhibit its symptoms are prepared to rely upon the self-serving judgments of interested parties rather than the findings of U.S. intelligence.
The only hope of sparing Iraq a similar fate is by allowing the responsibility for rapidly establishing the institutions and mechanisms for Iraqi self-governance to remain in the hands of an American-led civil administration truly committed to achieving that goal at the earliest possible time.
Yet much of the writing seems undigested or glib ("Corruption is why we win, " a Texas oilman tells a lawyer) and self-enchanted in its depiction of an American government -- read the Bush administration -- willing to do anything to anyone for the sake of oil.
Self-evidently, the blame cannot be laid entirely at the door of a devolved administration.
But this is where the Obama administration's rigid ideology comes into play beginning with flawed, self-defeating legalistic arguments.
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The administration came to town thinking that America's problems with Iran were largely self-inflicted -- a combination of "Axis of Evil" and "regime change" rhetoric, an invasion that gave Iran a reasonable motive for wanting to arm itself with nuclear weapons, and an unwillingness to try to settle differences in face-to-face talks.
Understandably, many Republicans fear that a tough primary campaign will weaken their eventual nominee while the Administration is finding it hard to hide how much it has enjoyed the spectacle of Republican self-immolation.
To some, the choice demonstrates bipartisanship and conveys that Obama has the self-confidence in his leadership abilities to keep one of the more widely respected members of the Bush administration.
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