Shortly after the November elections, Republicans en masse began to acknowledge that the party had lost its way on the issue of fiscal discipline during the Bush administration.

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Congress' first priority, the president said, should be education, which would benefit from his administration's strategy of fiscal discipline and investment.

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All excavations would be best if conducted under the direction of qualified and licensed archaeologists skilled in not only the art and discipline of excavation, but also in the administration of proper title and deed registration.

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But, in a clear reference to the incoming administration's economic policy, he warned against deep cuts and urged fiscal discipline.

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