These delays were largely because the administration wanted to avoid election-year controversy.
But we'll never know, because the administration rejected all such proposals.
The comptroller said he did so because the administration had ignored his warnings on the issue.
He said the conversations filled a gap because the administration was not talking directly to Tehran.
"I love my school but I'm mad because the administration hadn't been doing their job".
Mr. Thompson said he could not answer because the administration was still working on its proposal.
"Our prospects have improved exponentially because the administration has given its stamp of approval," she said.
Insurers and employers said they would probably need more time because the administration was late in issuing the proposed rule.
Such a step would be taken at the behest of Treasury, because the administration sets currency policy.
"There's no exit strategy, because the administration doesn't have one," Senator Webb said in a telephone interview on Thursday.
This merely evades the issue, because the administration apparently didn't step up security against either domestic or overseas attacks.
