"The administration follows the nonpartisan Medicare actuaries' estimates," he said.

Even 50 years later, the administration is following the same pattern, hiding problems and putting off announcements.

The first administration of the LSAT followed and occurred in 1948.

They said the administration had followed all regulations and gone out of its way to insure that the contracting was fair.

Monroe's administration closely follows the performance of their players' grades.

His spokeswoman repeated today that the administration was following standard procedures in an emergency.

He also questioned whether the administration had followed appropriate procedures in making the change.

In both cases, precious time has been lost while the administration has followed largely unproductive diplomatic strategies.

"The commission's recommendations are consistent with the strategy my administration is following to address these failings and to win the war on terror."

Its president, Ed Klim, said, "It makes a lot of sense," adding that he was "glad the administration has followed through on this."