And they have been engaged both to offer some technical assistance, but also to ensure, or at least to represent the administration point of view, to try to steer the proposal in the direction of the principles that the President had laid out.
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Obama administration officials point to what they see as the administration's biggest accomplishment in the gay rights cause: repealing "don't ask, don't tell, " the military's ban on openly gay and lesbian members serving in the forces.
The administration can point to three extenuating circumstances for the quarter's slide.
But administration officials point out that the reforms sought by the United States are too near completion for Mr Bolton to be able to meddle much.
Administration officials point to a report by the Democratic staff of the House Energy and Commerce Committee last week that determined that in Oregon and Washington the competition is lowering premium rates even before income-based tax credits are taken into account.
To be sure, the Obama record on equality in the workplace is an improvement over the previous administration as during the comparable point of the Bush administration there were just 3 women who had achieved the top salary.
At the same time, the Republican Party has made a point--or, rather, Bush administration has made a point of saying that Alberto Gonzales is going to look into how to renew and reframe this.
The Obama administration and Democrats point out that the Congressional Budget Office has estimated the health care law will reduce total annual budget deficits between now and 2021.
Mr. Suzuki met with the administration's point man on nuclear-proliferation issues, including Deputy Energy Secretary Daniel Poneman, and with Assistant Secretary of State Thomas Countryman, said U.S. and Japanese officials.
By falling into administration Portsmouth incurred a nine-point penalty for going into administration in late February, effectively sealing relegation to the Championship.
Typically the administration weighs in with a statement on administration policy at this point.
Who in the administration is really riding point on dealing with issues of corruption in Afghanistan?
This puts her at odds with those in the administration who see no point in diplomatic charm offensives.
Some folks are outraged, too, by Mr Obama's rumoured selection of Dennis Ross, a veteran of Bill Clinton's administration, as his point man on Iran.
The administration has made a point to answer every petition breaking the 25, 000 signature mark on its We the People site in a similar way.
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At some point the Administration will have to work a bit harder and take more risks if it wants to actually lower the cost of health care.
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So trade agreements of the sort that we have negotiated, thanks to the leadership of President Santos and his administration, I think point the way to the future.
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You know, the administration is making a point that releasing this data is part of a much larger effort to bring more price transparency to the health care marketplace.
But the administration's opponents point to changes in the laws of war under the Geneva Conventions since World War II, and they contend that because of those changes, the U.S. did not use military tribunals in the half century that followed, not even against guerilla fighters of the Vietcong.
We had to go to court as a reference point but the administration has now been rubber-stamped.
Bush has cultivated his relationship with Fox and has made new ties with Mexico a key point of his administration's international policy.
Therefore, in order to take credit for the recovery, there had to be some major intervention, hard evidence of action, on the part of the administration somewhere near the inflection point.
On this showing, it is hard to see how either side can avoid having to play Championship football next season - Portsmouth by virtue of the nine-point penalty that administration brings and the 14 points adrift of safety that it will leave them, and Burnley on account of their desperate defence and goal-shy attack.
Bush is expected to say that the excesses of the 1990s -- during the Clinton administration -- contributed to corporate abuses, a point his economic team has made in recent weeks, a senior administration official said.
And Southampton are preparing for life in League One with a 10-point penalty after entering administration in February.
Saints started last season with a 10-point deduction after entering administration the previous campaign.
Luton went into administration in November and are one point ahead of Bournemouth after their 10-point deduction.
At this point, the American administration is a bit vague, as indeed, studiously, is Ariel Sharon, Israel's prime minister.
Last point is, my administration has actually been more aggressive than any in recent years in going after some of these practices.
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In the meantime, Portsmouth may go into administration and incur a 10-point deduction, but that would at least allow the books to be audited and keep alive their hope that a new owner can be found.
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