The Obama Administration has made serious mistakes in its handling of the crisis in Honduras where it supports the return of the deposed president, Mel Zelaya.

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And what does he think about the skepticism that's been raised by some Republicans that this is really as serious as the administration has been suggesting it is?

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And so, like a sleepwalker who strides into danger and then wakes up with a gulp, the administration has stumbled into the most serious foreign-policy crisis of its six years.

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The Obama administration has never intended to place serious sanctions on Iran.

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Second, through its behavior at the Geneva planning sessions this week, the US has demonstrated that State Department protestations aside, the administration has no interest in changing the agenda in any serious way.

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Now, the Food and Drug Administration has approved the drug for treating premenstrual dysphoric disorder, a serious form of premenstrual syndrome.

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"The Clinton Administration has seemed to put more concern on scoring political points than advancing serious reform, " says Jonathan Adler of the Competitive Enterprise Institute.

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But by using reconciliation, the administration would be packaging together several bills, each of which has the potential to cause serious fissures within the party.

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The pieces are all there: Graham has already told CNN he would be open to increasing revenues if the administration is willing to do serious entitlement reform.

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