Abdullah says he should also not be the leader of such a temporary administration.

VOA: standard.2009.09.15

But the administration has not supported the idea of a temporary suspension of all foreclosures.

VOA: special.2010.10.22

The first is the administration ordered a temporary waiver of the Jones Act.

WHITEHOUSE: The White House

There has been talk of the possibility of the president ultimately seeking to form a temporary, technocrat-style administration, the BBC's Alan Johnston in Rome reports.

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Whether or not the administration puts a temporary stop to deep-water drilling, we can only imagine what effect the added cost of higher premiums for drilling rig insurance and more sophisticated safety equipment is going to be in the months and years ahead.

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