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With all the attention on the torture memos and the appalling 266 waterboarding sessions for just two detainees, it's easy to forget just how pervasive torture was under the Bush administration and how much the United States government resembled some of the most despotic regimes the world has ever known.

His decisions not to try to undo big government programs passed by Lyndon Johnson's Democratic administration underscores how much the political center has moved.

The meeting followed President Obama's announcement on Wednesday of the easing of sanctions on American investments in Myanmar, a decision reached after two months of debate within the administration over how much and how quickly to reward the Myanmar government for the reforms it has undertaken so far.

A debate has persisted inside the administration over how much intelligence should be declassified for Mr. Powell's presentation.

But there are continuing differences within the administration about how much Washington should press Prime Minister Ariel Sharon of Israel to negotiate with the Palestinians.

But there is dissent in the administration over how much the talks with North Korea accomplished and whether the working groups will produce further progress.

The question is whether he was acting on his own or pressed to do so by the Obama administration, and how much pressure was applied to Amazon.

In recent months, a debate has gone on inside the Bush administration over how much to press General Musharraf on the Taliban issue.

Their performances, their continuing involvement in soccer and Platini's elevation to the highest rank in European administration demonstrate how much the French care about sports, how they do not just take the triumphs and the money and walk away.

The Blue Cross Blue Shield Association has been forthright with Congress and the administration about how much it costs to maintain the same level of benefits -- including prescription drugs -- in its Medicare managed care program.

Now that concern about General Musharraf's ability to remain in power has been rekindled, so has the debate inside and outside the Bush administration about how much the program accomplished, and what it left unaccomplished.