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The administration official called it "a facts-be-damned decision . . . Their analysis was way off, but they wouldn't budge. "

A senior Obama administration official said there was only the appearance of division among the leaders.

National Energy Administration official said the concept of "new-energy model cities" is still in the early stage of development.

A senior administration official said the session had a full agenda that ranged from combating terrorism to trade.

Obama called Bush and Clinton to "preview" his statement, said the senior administration official, who refused to be identified on the call.

There was no serious consideration of the prospect, said one administration official, given the desire for secrecy.

The back-and-forth on the matter began Thursday morning and stretched into the afternoon, a senior Obama administration official said.

And an administration official said the White House will request $1. 5 billion to combat the flu, according to the Associated Press.

'In a negotiation like this, everything is speculation until there's a deal, ' said an administration official.

An administration official said the Obamas would foot the bill for the celebrations.

When it was his turn to speak, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao seemed to acknowledge the concerns, a senior administration official said.

Former Bush administration official Tony Fratto also said Romney's aggressive stance toward China looked to be a case of posturing.

'Korea is a very important ally. It's a good moment to help strengthen that alliance, ' said a senior administration official.

'Ultimately, it's going to be decided by the Egyptian judiciary and the Egyptian government, ' an Obama administration official said.

Long gone are the days when a Nixon administration official could quip: "The dollar may be our currency but it's your problem. "

Another senior administration official told CNN he hopes the White House can "use it for the positive. "

But a senior administration official said it could yet become a viable solution, if other ways to pay for health care can't be found.

So far, an administration official said, Iranian 'aspirations far outpace their ability to project their influence into these places. '

Mr. Obama told them to 'assume it's a go for planning purposes and that we had to be ready, ' an administration official said.

The administration official would not offer details about the tax cuts Obama is likely to propose for the middle class.

The photo opportunity was combined with a training exercise to save money, according to another administration official.

"We shared our intelligence on this compound with no other country, including Pakistan, " a senior administration official said.

A senior administration official says intelligence suggested four al Qaeda operatives may have been planning an attack on the compound.

The new details corrected erroneous information provided a day earlier by a senior administration official, who said bin Laden was armed.

A senior administration official declined to discuss details of the meeting between Mr. Obama and Mr. Abbas.

Writing in the Wall Street Journal, Eliot Cohen, a former Bush administration official, said Gates was kidding himself.

"There is no option that would entail a dramatic reduction in troops, " a senior administration official told the New York Times.

City administration official said that the management fees charged should not distinguish between owners and tenants.

As to the timing, says a senior administration official, "this is one of those issues where the timing is never right. "

S. applied diplomatic pressure on its military leaders, a senior administration official said on condition of anonymity.

'He'll be briefed on progress of our aggressive efforts and what more needs to be done, ' a senior administration official said.

"We may do the shaping on the front end, " the administration official said.

"They are certainly not doing certain negative things that they could have been doing there, " a senior administration official says.

Egypt represents a "challenge" for American policy makers, a senior administration official acknowledged.

A Bush administration official said the Chinese had conducted three other tests between September 2004 and February 2006.

An administration official declined to explain the thinking behind the new requirement. "There's no why, " the official said.

The notes talked about 'attacking America during symbolic times and using mass transit, ' one administration official said.

An administration official played down the North Korean statement, saying it followed a pattern of public posturing in advance of newtalks.

The raid was conducted by a small helicopter-borne strike team, a senior U. S. administration official said.

"There will be stimulus coursing into the economy right away, " a senior administration official told the Financial Times.

Britain, South Korea and Japan were expected to follow suit, an administration official added.

Facebook's chief operating officer, Sheryl Sandberg, is a former Clinton Administration official.

An administration official said there were no reports of federal systems being affected by the attack.

One senior administration official said proposed new rules are designed to combat 'too big to fail' institutions.

"If you look back over the past four years, " one former administration official said recently, "we haven't moved the Chinese at all. "

But administration official, Wang Weiping, was quoted by the People's Daily website as characterizing discussion of them as "speculation. "

"We are looking for ways to gain greater strategic coherence, " said a senior administration official involved in the review process.

"AIG makes everything worse, " says the senior administration official.

"N. Y. C. is about honoring the victims and their families, " one senior administration official said.

A Bush administration official working on North Korea expressed concern about the country's apparent lack of leadership.

That would be higher than the proposed rise in the debt limit, which an administration official said would amount to $2. 1tn.

'We're keeping an eye on these activities, ' another Obama administration official said.

A senior administration official estimated that would be about $235, 000.

An administration official said, condition of anonymity, that the regulation was aimed at purifying the Chinese language.

"We're not looking for them to lead or change course, we're looking for them to not be obstructionist, " one administration official said.

'We are working aggressively with everybody to find an alternative, ' a senior administration official said.

'Whoever did the job would be politically assassinated, ' said one administration official. 'The car czar became a political hot potato.

Yes, a senior administration official told me.

A senior administration official said that Mr. Obama was strongly leaning towards a 19-month withdrawal timeline.

'You can quote a senior administration official, ' he joked.

The administration official said that not all U. S. forces would leave Iraq by the summer 2010 deadline.

Added a senior Obama administration official: 'We are sober-minded here.

"We don't have the ability or even will to use coercive power to change Russia's behaviour, " says a senior administration official.

Senior Obama administration official says GM could be reorganized within 60 to 90 days.

An administration official says there's an agreement to prevent foreclosures on mortgages the government takes over.

A senior administration official speaking with reporters held open the possibility of new aircraft sales at an unspecified later date.