Lewis said that ending the fight against terrorism will help reinforce the administration's message that America is not at war with Islam.
President Bush kept a low profile throughout the day, letting other administration figures take the lead in delivering the administration's message of cautious optimism.
Indeed, for any pragmatic US administration, the message to send at this time is that statehood can be achieved only by getting serious about negotiations.
As to when, the administration's unanimous message is that there is no rush.
It calls upon the Bush Administration to convey that message to the Senate at once and urges members of that body to defeat such pernicious initiatives.
Mr Bush's administration has not changed its message in response to the new attacks.
But debate raged on, not least because Mr Cheney's was not the only message from the administration.
Even if Abbas had insisted on pushing forward with the resolution, a strong, consistent message from the administration would have minimized the significance of the event.
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Even though the overwhelming majority of Americans do seem to understand where the responsibility lies, personal responsibility has not exactly been a fundamental message of this administration.
Did Israel inform the administration that Shimon Perez would be giving out a similar Nowruz message to the Iranian people at the same time the Obama administration was?
The Obama administration is trying to send the message to these countries -- but not necessarily their leaders -- that they can count on American loyalty.
It is intended to drive home the administration's new and insistent message: that withdrawal from Afghanistan and wide-ranging defence cutbacks do not mean America is retreating from Asia.
Meanwhile at a public meeting Saturday in Key West, representatives from the Coast Guard, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and BP offered a similar message: There is no imminent threat to the Florida Keys, although fears remained that the slick would eventually hit the state.
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Yet the Obama Administration has consistently undermined its own message by advertising that it believes a military option would be ineffectual, by failing to provide Israel with reassurances that it needn't consider its own military options, and by first resisting sanctions until Congress passed them and then handing out waivers to those same sanctions.
When I called one of the researchers, Ells Dutton from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Noaa), he described the top line message as "relatively mild".
The State Department will ensure that a consistent and "appropriate" message is delivered to foreign governments to communicate the administration's commitment to reducing the theft of intellectual property and the importance it places on more effective penalties.
The State Department will ensure that a consistent and "appropriate" message is delivered to foreign governments to communicate the administration's commitment to reducing the theft of intellectual property and the importance it places on more effective legal penalties and enforcement for trade-secret theft.
Peter Hain made an official visit to India earlier this month, during which he delivered a message from Prime Minister Tony Blair to the new BJP-led administration.
As part of that message, a top NAHB priority is to push for reform of the Federal Housing Administration, a government agency that insures mortgage loans for 1.1 million borrowers annually.
Richard Holbrooke, the Obama administration's special envoy to Pakistan and India, said he hadn't listened to the message but commented on what he had heard about it.
Crown Prince Abdullah, the de facto Saudi ruler, who was appalled at the administration's apparent indifference to Palestinian suffering in the second intifada, told Bandar to deliver a tough message threatening to freeze relations.
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