The decision reflects the administration's determination to isolate groups that it believes sponsor or abet international terrorism, especially those that American officials identify as part of a global network sponsored by Mr. bin Laden.
But no one can doubt the administration's determination to see it set in stone.
But the case does fit with the administration's determination to stop leaks of classified information.
So the basic problem of what to do about Africa remains, despite the administration's determination to get more involved.
A nominee who supports such relief would underscore the administration's determination to improve and expand its relief efforts.
The attack was the latest signal of the Obama administration's determination to press ahead with its drone campaign.
It's no accident that the economic expansion of the last decade was preceded by the Clinton administration's determination to get the deficit under control.
One of the most delicate trans-Atlantic issues today is the Bush administration's determination to build an elaborate missile defense system.
The White House proposal reflects what some Democrats said was the Bush administration's determination to quickly put its ideological imprint on the federal judiciary.
Administration officials said the recommendation to extend most nonproliferation programs was not conditioned upon Russian acquiescence to the administration's determination to build a nuclear missile shield.
