To put this number into context, 83 firefighters were killed on the job nationwide all of last year, the U.S. Fire Administration reported.
At the direction of U.S. President George W. Bush, Secretary of State Colin Powell called leaders in the region as well as other key diplomatic players in an effort to bring about an agreement for a cease-fire, administration officials said.
On several occasions, Republican lawmakers sparred with Mr. Holder, who frequently came under fire during the Obama administration's first term on issues such as the Fast and Furious gun-trafficking probe.
It was pouring gasoline on the fire for the Bush administration to give them the first payments without insisting on any changes in pay, any restrictions on the use of the funds or even any reporting requirements on where they money went.
The Bush administration has come under fire for what critics have called a slow federal response to the disaster.
The Obama administration has come under fire from some members of Congress for taking what they say is a "hands-off approach" toward Syria.
More than 30 jobs have been lost at a North Yorkshire waste management firm which has gone into administration following a major fire.
President Bush's administration has come under fire in recent months from environmentalists angered by its reluctance to cut carbon emissions, by its moves to weaken endangered species legislation and by its support for naval use of sonar systems that can kill whales.
Prior to the disaster his administration had been under political fire for the slow pace of government reconstruction after the February earthquake and tsunami along Chile's south and central coast, and for his handling of a hunger strike by members of the Mapuche indigenous group of southern Chile, who are fighting for independence.
This past weekend, at the request of the Texas governor, seven fire management assistance grants were approved by this administration for the ongoing firefighting efforts there.
The liquid inside them is flammable, putting the battery at more risk for a fire than previous airplane batteries, the Federal Aviation Administration has found.
Under fire from reporters to reveal more about this plan, top administration officials stressed that fiscal stimulus is about growth, not a hand-out for the lowest earning Americans.
Boeing's plan to redesign the 787's fire-prone lithium-ion batteries wins approval from the Federal Aviation Administration.
There is, however, strong evidence that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration did the drug industry equivalent of yelling, "Fire!"
Jim Andrews, chairman of the South Yorkshire Fire Authority, said the engineering company that built the trucks went into administration before they could fix the problem.
Al-Maliki's government has been under fire in the United States -- at least two senators have lambasted his administration this week.
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Clinton administration officials worried over the second delay in implementing the proposed cease-fire in Bosnia.
At that time, LaHood and the head of the Federal Aviation Administration, Michael Huerta, declared the plane fit to fly despite a battery fire in one plane.
He questioned why Mr. Bloomberg has waited so long to try to fire teachers with two straight years of an "unsatisfactory" rating, a power the administration has always had but left up to principals' discretion.
In 1986, Mr. Cooper wrote a policy memo for the Reagan administration that argued a law prohibiting discrimination based on handicap didn't apply to employers who wanted to fire employees with AIDS, if the basis for the decision was fear of catching the disease.
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