Several senior officials said the administration's next move will hinge on what steps Arafat takes to improve the security situation.
The cooperation effort has led to actionable intelligence that could help prevent terror attempts on U.S. soil, the senior officials said.
The senior officials said the president could not possibly make a decision on troop levels before receiving the Pentagon's final recommendations.
The report about "viable operatives" came a day after two senior officials said the United States was monitoring a "credible threat" from al Qaeda in Yemen against the U.S. homeland.
Power and other senior officials said the number of suspicious activity reports they review for potential investigation skyrocketed from 3, 000 in fiscal year 2003 to about 35, 000 in 2006, to 48, 000 in 2007.
Senior officials said that discussions on possible elements of the resolution have touched on travel and visa bans on certain members of the regime and tougher trade and economic sanctions, possibly including an arms embargo to prevent North Korea from engaging in lucrative arms sales.
Senior administration officials said Obama and Boehner have not spoken to each other since Monday.
Emanuel also planned to meet with several House Republicans Tuesday night, senior administration officials said.
Some invitations had been sent and will not be rescinded, senior administration officials said.
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Senior administration officials said Wednesday that the talking points were consistent with classified intelligence available at the time.
Senior administration officials said it had been in the works since his State of the Union address in February.
Two senior administration officials said Tuesday that they could not speak for attribution because no final decisions had been made.
Senior administration officials said the only staffers who didn't meet the deadline were those who were traveling or who had extenuating circumstances.
Earlier Monday, senior administration officials said Obama approved the establishment of a special unit of terrorist interrogators based out of the FBI.
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Two senior administration officials said President Bush wants to avoid a system in which all security personnel and airport passenger screeners are civil servants.
Two senior administration officials said the president wants to avoid a system in which all security personnel and airport passenger screeners are civil servants.
The senior administration officials said that since AbdulMutallab began talking to investigation again last week, he has been cooperating on a daily basis.
In a background briefing with reporters on Tuesday, two senior administration officials said the vaccine, which is still in clinical trials, would require two shots.
Senior administration officials said Obama and Boehner have not spoken since Monday, when the president made a counterproposal to a Republican offer over the weekend.
Senior Defense officials said in January that the agreement will spell out terms for the U.S. presence in Iraq after December 31, when the U.N. mandate expires.
But one senior administration officials said late Tuesday that "some of the new information that we developed overnight does suggest that there was some linkage there" with al Qaeda.
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It also involves greater intelligence sharing aimed at cracking down on the flow of money and weapons into Mexico that helps fuel the drug trade, senior administration officials said.
But a statement signed by Dr Abdullah and other senior MCB officials said the body did not "condone, encourage or support attacking British soldiers or warships in this country or anywhere in the world".
In February, senior military officials said 17 troops -- including a battalion commander, a company commander and 12 military police assigned to guard prisoners -- had been relieved of duty until an investigation could be completed.
Aboard Air Force One on the flight from Andrews Air Force Base outside Washington, senior administration officials said Clinton would move beyond the NATO question and propose additional arms control agreements, going beyond the START II Treaty.
WASHINGTON President Barack Obama was briefed on a former Chinese provincial police chief's overnight stay in a U.S. consulate in February after it ended, senior administration officials said, highlighting the importance the White House has attached to the encounter.
Senior administration officials said Monday evening that it was a way to get tax relief to all working Americans, noting that several blue-ribbon panels charged with examining deficit reduction consider it a smart way to help jumpstart the economy.
Senior administration officials said the decision speaks to her accomplishments at the agency, such as reducing lender paperwork for SBA-backed loans, enforcing stricter oversight of government contracting and rolling out several laws that facilitated more lending to small businesses.
Mr. Obama, who aides say has been writing passages of the speech on a yellow legal pad, will discuss how the country's "founding values and principles" can serve as a guide in a changing world, senior administration officials said.
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