Mr. Arnold, who declined to be quoted for this article, applauded the step, in a statement on his Web site.
Then, The Associated Press reported that Mr. Saleh had met with the United States ambassador to discuss stepping down, a statement that, like the cease-fire announcement, may prove to lead nowhere.
Alex Flint, the Nuclear Energy Institute's senior vice president for governmental affairs, called the effort "a good first step" in a statement.
William Nee, China Researcher at Amnesty International, called the move an "incomplete step" in a statement Monday.
It also came with a step-by-step manual and a statement that normal hand tools and about 100 hours of work would get the job done.
Meanwhile, the three agency companies are considering "appropriate next steps," according to a statement made available yesterday after the Web site of Advertising Age reported the closing.
On Tuesday, the director of the National Security Agency, Gen. Keith Alexander, spent hours providing classified briefings to lawmakers about the program, and the White House took the unusual step of issuing a statement urging lawmakers not to approve the measure.
One of them, Beth Seidenberg, a general partner, took the unusual step of issuing a statement.
But the company took the uncharacteristic step of rebutting a statement by Grooveshark.
That bank also took the unusual step of issuing a statement saying that it was sound.
