At this point, the American administration is a bit vague, as indeed, studiously, is Ariel Sharon, Israel's prime minister.

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When Kerry started to talk about changing al-Assad's calculus, the State Department reintroduced the proposals and the White House "is opening up a bit, " one of the administration officials said.

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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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How easily this can happen was a bit of a surprise to me, and how the Social Security Administration (SSA) facilitates the process was, too.

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Old congressional hands may regard Raines' style as a bit naive, but in some ways it represents how the second Clinton Administration is rearranging its priorities.

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And I think people will be watching very closely to see whether he'll be a mouthpiece, if you will, for the Bush administration, or whether he will use this testimony to steer policy a little bit in some other direction.

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