1.   He has always loyally defended the president.

2.   And she defended the president in a number of ways, insisting, for example, that he would never have had sex in the Oval Office itself.

3.   And the White House, at least until Sunday when senior aides began popping up to defend the president, was far from reassuring.

4.   At times, she exhibited a Clintonian way with the meaning of words, as when questioned about her affadavit defending the president in the Paula Jones case.

5.   Begala has tirelessly defended the president in endless telephone calls with reporters and on countless television talk shows.

6.   Bennett, who has been defending the president in the Paula Jones sexual misconduct case, is in charge of the civil front.

7.   Adams believes some religious leaders have been hasty to defend the president, to confirm his penitence.

8.   But several other Republicans, many of whom are vocal critics of the White House, set aside partisan differences, and defended the president.

9.   But some White House political aides appeared defensive and uninformed because they were armed with no new information to defend the president.

10.   But then, what else would one expect of a man who went on Barbara Walters and defended the president who turned his daughter into a plaything?