As a result, the move was widely viewed as indicating that the administration holds little hope for securing a far-reaching deal in the talks this year and possibly for much longer than that.
The Carter Administration held that the settlements were illegal.
For years, the federal government -- in two administrations -- has taken the view that the detainees being held by the U.S. military at Guantanamo Bay have very few legal rights, if any.
Mr. Padilla has been slapped with the legally dubious designation of "enemy combatant," and in the administration's view that is enough of a basis for holding him until the cessation of hostilities in the war against terror.
In June 2004, the court rejected the administration's view that it was authorized to arrest an enemy combatant anywhere and hold him indefinitely without trial.
Our observations of high costs incurred by bolus injection administration of antibiotics are in contrast with the widely held view that this is the cheapest method of administration.
Inside the administration, it is a commonly held view that the United States is "one major attack" away from unilateral action against Pakistan — diplomatically or perhaps even militarily, one senior official said.
"Inside the [Obama] administration," the Times reports, "it is a commonly held view that the United States is 'one major [Haqqani] attack' away from unilateral action against Pakistan -- diplomatically or perhaps even militarily".
During the Obama administration's second month in office it told Judge Bates that it held the same view, a position that surprised and confused many human rights advocates who had supported Obama's candidacy.
First, the new government must tackle security, he said – echoing a commonly held view that the Congress-led administration bears some responsibility for last year's terrorist attacks in Mumbai.
Some still hold to a view that was popular in the Clinton administration, that balanced budgets and fiscal restraint are better for the economy than repairing deteriorated infrastructure.
