91.   Congressional officials said that apart from the wording of the family-planning provisions of the spending bill, the administration had very little hand in shaping the legislation.

92.   Critical questions remain, among them whether the Bush administration has a backup plan if Arafat does not meet the conditions for conferring with Cheney.

93.   Despite the differences on economic and geopolitical issues, the Clinton administration had hope for some progress on arms control talks.

94.   Does the Bush administration have to do the same thing?

95.   Delivering the Republican weekly radio address, Senator John Ashcroft of Missouri said the Clinton administration had yet to articulate a clear plan for the mission.

96.   Due to the Samper campaign-finance scandal, the Clinton administration has treated Colombia as a pariah nation over much of the past four years.

97.   During that time, the administration has had several raises.

98.   During the presidential campaign, George W. Bush complained that the Clinton administration had no energy policy.

99.   Domestic considerations aside, however, the Clinton administration has a visceral distrust of Iran.

100.   Eighteen US servicemen had been killed in Somalia six months earlier, and neither Congress nor the administration had the stomach for another humanitarian mission.