He cautioned that the coming report isn't a final position statement, but rather the beginning of a "dialogue" that would lead to an official administration policy on information privacy.
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Or take bureaucratic secrecy: he has created a semi-official parallel administration within the White House and has fought like a tiger to keep his doings private.
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The hurried release of the Environmental Assessment last Friday capped a frenzied two days behind the scenes at the White House and FDA. Within hours after the Slate article and leaked document were posted, an administration official notified the FDA that the administration was dropping its indefinite hold.
The former Clinton administration official predicted that tax policies will have to become more progressive in the next administration in order to help middle-income America.
An official in the State Oceanic Administration told Chinese official media that heavy winds on Monday had broken up the spill and dispersed it more widely than had previously been reported.
This top administration official stated that there were -- mixed signals came from the U.S. administration -- run-up to this vote that led them to say no -- various signals and actual letters that led them to go for a nuclear enrichment deal with Tehran.
Only at the very end were the talking points discussed, the administration official said.
Every commencement address by an administration official should encourage young graduates to get health insurance.
But any notion of a bipartisan bill is implausible, a former Clinton administration official said Monday.
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The raid was conducted by a small helicopter-borne strike team, a senior U.S. administration official said.
"It is prudent to periodically update all NATO assessments, " a senior administration official said.
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"We're working very hard to have something by Moscow, " the senior U.S. administration official said.
"I ask you to honor the agreement, " a senior administration official quoted the president as saying.
The administration official believes, however, it is "counterproductive to be at odds" with the Venezuelan government.
Planning for the detainee release began last Thursday, a senior administration official told CNN.
Another U.S. administration official said the ship's cargo was bound for Zimbabwe's security forces.
One senior administration official who attended said the discussions ran the gamut of scenarios.
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"We are taking the discussion to the next level, " a senior administration official tells me.
"There are some big acts to be written here, " said a senior administration official.
"They have treated dedicated professionals in a blatantly unprofessional manner, " an administration official told CNN.
The Obama administration will try to pass an assault weapons ban, an administration official said Friday.
When a Reagan administration official offered him a job after the inauguration, he was surprised.
Keith Hennessey, a former Hill staffer and Bush Administration official, also is skeptical of a confrontational approach.
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According to a senior administration official, the president learned of the shuttle disaster at about 9 a.m.
"North Korea has had a long history of bellicose rhetoric and threats, " said a senior administration official.
An unnamed administration official told US media that there was no indication any data had been removed.
One senior Bush administration official warned that Hagel is ill informed about many critical foreign policy matters.
"The president understands the enormity of the challenge and is very grateful, " said one senior administration official.
In the past, that type of coordination happened on an ad hoc basis, an administration official said.
Expanding the checks is the "single most important thing we can do, " a senior administration official said.
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