However, the Administration also expressed the hope that further reductions might be possible.
Yet the Administration and other interested foreign governments can at least express their concerns forcefully.
The company has been lobbying for some time for approval of the sale, and the Administration has expressed a desire to go ahead with it.
The Administration has expressed opposition to many of the banking provisions.
But while the Administration expressed confidence that votes were moving its way, it did not act like that was the case.
"I don't think the Administration has expressed clearly enough what the purpose of this is," he said, pausing at the luncheonette on his way to work.
But the Administration expressed deep dissatisfaction with today's decision.
The Administration also expressed confidence that American public opinion was solidly behind the war.
The Administration, which had hoped further lending would get us through the debt crisis, has expressed disappointment with the lenders' lack of enthusiasm.
The Administration expressed reservations but stopped short of rejecting the proposal outright.