Sentence examples for before this administration from inspiring English sources

Is it Republicans who were in office before this administration?

"Before this administration the Department of Cultural Affairs had no digital strategy.

The availability of more resources, a process that began before this administration, has made a difference.

Even before this administration the F.B.I. had its own long history of abusing its powers to spy on civil rights groups and antiwar activists.

Jack Zarin-Rosenfeld, a spokesman for the Education Department, said: "Before this administration, we had a high school admissions system that was rife with political patronage and too often gamed by the well-connected, leaving students with the most need behind.

The justices may represent something of an undemocratic force — unelected, appointed for life, accountable to no one — but a generation before this administration took office, Vietnam and Watergate were already raising calls for a strong judiciary to police the political branches of the government.

There are no new facts that provide a basis for senators to reach a different conclusion about Mr. Lew's nomination than they reached twice before in this administration".

But if the upcoming report is anything like the 11 that came before it during this administration's watch, you or I could dictate its contents.

"We haven't kept score, but I can guarantee you, the number of calls from City Hall to 2 Lafayette Street, bouncing things off — 'Can we go there?' 'No, we shouldn't' — are vastly more in this administration than before".

"Do you understand that this administration argued before the Supreme Court that the church should not be able to determine who their ministers are but that government should decide who qualifies as a minister," Mr. Romney said, as the crowd booed.

SENATOR JOSEPH I. LIEBERMAN On the Iraq War The statements that this administration made before the war, the questions we now have about the intelligence about weapons of mass destruction, the failure of the Bush administration to be prepared for what to do after we overthrew Saddam have all unfortunately given a bad name to a just war.