11.   For more than two weeks, the Bush administration has been urging Israel to pull back from areas of the West Bank that by treaty are under Palestinian control.

12.   Gore advisers say the administration was simply urging caution during debate on expanding charitable choice.

13.   He did not indicate whether the administration would urge a freeze on settlements, something the Israeli prime minister, Ariel Sharon, strongly rejects.

14.   He did not indicate whether the administration would urge a freeze on settlements, a move that Prime Minister Ariel Sharon of Israel strongly rejects.

15.   His administration is urging citizens to stay in doors, sleep with their windows shut to prevent contaminants from entering homes, and to stop smoking.

16.   In another step to keep Iran from developing nuclear weapons, the administration is urging Western nations to stop providing Iran with subsidized loans to buy advanced technologies.

17.   In a flurry of phone calls from Washington on Friday, the administration urged Sharon to proclaim the strength of the relationship between the United States and Israel.

18.   In the last two weeks, the administration has quietly urged Israel and the Palestinians to resume security talks.

19.   In Washington, a State Department official said the Clinton administration had urged Britain to refuse the request, which was made earlier this year.

20.   In the weeks before the two senators released the letter, the administration urged Moynihan to adopt a measured approach and warn against precipitate action on the issue.