11.   Before a single helicopter has arrived, Clinton had to waive human rights amendments Congress added to the aid program on national security grounds.

12.   Both Semetis and Weiner are taking advantage of aid programs being offered to downtown businesses.

13.   A bank aid program could boost flagging confidence in Japanese financial assets, luring investors to yen.

14.   A bank aid program is negative for the dollar because it could restore confidence in Japanese assets.

15.   Administration officials have said New York will still have the most generous financial aid program in the country.

16.   Aid programs play a critical role in Afghanistan, where poverty and war have been endemic for decades.

17.   Aid workers were evacuated on Saturday as Goma, the headquarters for much of the aid program, fell to the rebels.

18.   All parts of that aid program must now be reconsidered.

19.   Broad cutoffs of American aid programs would not halt the combat.

20.   Bush also would combine dozens of federal aid programs into block grants and give states more flexibility on how to use the money.