And, as there is no interest in the United States assuming (either unilaterally or as part of the United Nations) the responsibilities for a full-fledged, long-term colonial administration of Somalia -- which is the only way the needed nation- and institution-building might proceed, the fastest possible removal of U.S. forces is the only way to prevent still further, indefensible casualties.
For this gamble to pay the sorts of long-term returns the Bush Administration hopes for, however, it must be rooted in hard-headed realism, based on transparency and practical measures.
Moreover, dual U.S. and Canadian approval, inhospitable terrain, environmental concerns, long-term financing and tunnel administration will need to be adequately addressed.
The area covered by Breezy Point's ZIP Code had the largest percentage of New York City households that received a Sandy-related disaster loan from the U.S. Small Business Administration, which are used for long-term rebuilding, including elevating homes.
According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, the long-term cost of solar power (including capital investment and maintenance) comes to 25 cents per kilowatthour.
If realized, however, such a Baker-Gorbachev plan would amount to a shortsighted publicity stunt for the Administration -- one with potentially dangerous long-term consequences for America's vital interests in its own hemisphere.
The Obama Administration is advocating a long-term shift to more fuel-efficient small cars, and manufacturers are racing to populate their showrooms with cars that fit the bill.
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The administration will develop a long-term plan for extreme weather to ensure power and heat is restored quickly, the gas stations stay open, hospitals maintain power and the city's transportation system keeps operating.
These students must attend a Federal Aviation Administration certified school and receive long-term on-the-job training.
That is a long-term hope: for the moment, the current administration is seen as the only way of running Rwanda.
Over the next several years, the Clinton Administration put in place a long-term budget projection and a new national security strategy and conducted more detailed force capability analyses.
The Obama administration has based medium and long-term strategy for job growth on expansion of the middle class, by advancing policies designed to widen opportunities and toughen workplace protections for employees.
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The unusually long-term study, developed in collaboration with the Social Security Administration, covered some 40 years across the lifespan of more than 2, 000 women.
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On Thursday, the Public Citizen Health Research Group petitioned the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to ban the only approved long-term weight-loss drug, orlistat.
In addition to stabilizing the industry and addressing the hardship faced by communities that lost auto plants and the jobs they provided, the Administration has been focused on making long-term investments across the country that will make the U.S. a home base for the design and production of the next generation of innovative vehicle technologies.
The Administration may have inadvertently helped create a long-term sequester.
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On Friday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said it approved Breo Ellipta for long-term use and to control flare-ups in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder, often called smoker's cough.
As a dietary supplement, carnitine is designated as "generally regarded as safe" by the Food and Drug Administration, but few studies have looked at its long-term safety.
This administration's commitment to community colleges is a long-term one.
And that suggests that should Congress and the next administration engage in a major deficit reduction plan, long-term care needs could easily be ignored, swept away by much more powerful tides of fiscal austerity.
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On a related issue, Mr. Bush did say he favored a long-term enlargement of both the Army and the Marine Corps, an idea his administration had opposed under former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld.
Only with a comprehensive proposal can the Administration effectively counter critics and win the support necessary for positive long-term change.
The sources said the administration also will embrace new measures, both short-term and long-term, designed to improve cockpit security.
We applaud the work that has been done by the Administration that serves to strengthen long term living options through home and community-based services.
At the start of the Obama administration, strengthening of civilian governmental institutions in Pakistan was considered the long-term solution to extremism linked to Pakistan.
But the senior administration official said that Mr. Obama had made no decision on the long-term troop level, and would be making no further announcements in his State of the Union address, beyond the cuts to the force this year.
Indeed, the administration recently announced a five-year land-disposal programme to achieve its long-term housing targets.
Under an agreement with the Obama Administration announced last week, the state will begin shifting both medical care and long-term supports and services to managed care companies in just seven months.
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The 1960s were when the Food and Drug Administration, in the wake of the thalidomide scandal, started requiring proof of efficacy and long-term safety, and when medicine started relying on clinical trials that compared new treatments to old ones or to inert sugar pills.
Romney pledged to "work from the beginning of my administration to put in place a piece of legislation which deals with this issue on a long-term basis, " saying young illegal immigrants who serve in the military "should be able to become permanent residents of the United States, " a step short of full citizenship.
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