"It is prudent to periodically update all NATO assessments, " a senior administration official said.
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"I ask you to honor the agreement, " a senior administration official quoted the president as saying.
Planning for the detainee release began last Thursday, a senior administration official told CNN.
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.
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.
"The president understands the enormity of the challenge and is very grateful, " said one senior administration official.
Expanding the checks is the "single most important thing we can do, " a senior administration official said.
"This is a substantial down payment for health-care reform, " one senior administration official said of the president's plan.
Bin Laden was shot in the head and chest during the operation, a senior administration official told CNN.
"This removes all the obstacles and excuses for inaction, " one senior administration official involved in the negotiations said.
Obama played a role in ensuring other G-20 nations heard about European strategies, according to a senior administration official.
And then a senior administration official said last night that NATO had in fact agreed to the entire operation.
The meeting lasted more than two hours, according to the senior administration official.
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And with that, I'll turn things over to senior administration official number one.
Another senior administration official said those points in the speech were based on a U.S. intelligence report about the security situation.
Asked about the AIG connection, a senior administration official said Friday that the White House declined to comment on the story.
Another senior administration official gave him the same information, Novak said, and the CIA confirmed her involvement in her husband's mission.
Mike McConnell, director of national intelligence, gave President Bush a special briefing on the report Tuesday morning, a senior administration official said.
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"We've always said the process would include consultation, " the senior administration official said of the closed-door meeting informing Republicans of the moves.
"When you are marching this far down the field, it is kind of silly to walk off, " said a senior administration official.
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Another senior administration official said accusations of scaremongering are to be expected.
One thing Obama didn't mention Tuesday night was new regulations on carbon emissions for existing power plants a senior administration official said.
The senior administration official said Mr. Obama was briefed on major developments.
From the outset, according to a senior administration official, Mr Obama not only concluded that Egypt's president of 30 years was beyond saving.
As one senior administration official told The New York Times, the purpose of the sanctions talk is to get the Iranians to agree to negotiate.
"It is a standoff for now, " one senior administration official said.
"We're keeping it in context, " a senior administration official told CNN.
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