41.   In that case, the Bush administration considered the response disproportionate and ultimately pressed the Israelis to withdraw.

42.   It also relaxes rules on exports to most other nations, while maintaining a ban on sales of computers to countries the administration considers terrorist strongholds.

43.   Last week, officials involved in the negotiations said that the Bush administration had considered such a restriction to avoid air traffic over the Pentagon.

44.   Lockhart also raised the possibility that the Clinton administration might consider a post-war international security force for Kosovo with a smaller U.S. contingent than previously envisioned.

45.   Loral, which Lockheed Martin is acquiring, and Hughes make the two systems the administration considers most important.

46.   Mack said the administration should consider blockading Cuba if Castro continued to let Cubans flee to the United States.

47.   More recently, it has been used for counter-terrorism training, and the Bush administration is considering a proposal to make it a national anti-terrorist training center.

48.   Neither Mean nor Mineta suggested a method of paying for a new security apparatus, although Hutchison said the Bush administration is considering her legislation.

49.   Nevertheless, the administration is considering options for paying the bills should Gingrich carry through on his original threat.

50.   Officials later emphasized that the administration would not consider a more general lifting of the economic embargo, which the United States has tightened in recent years.