21.   Defending the plan, Lyle Laverty, regional forester for the Rocky Mountain region, said it is still a work in progress.

22.   During a radio call-in program Wednesday, Hull defended the plan, which she said would help the working poor get off welfare.

23.   Forest Service spokesman Matt Mathes defended the plan.

24.   Giuliani defended the plans, saying they would help generate new jobs in a local economy that continues to recover from a long recession.

25.   Hancock defended its plan to offer top executives first-time stock incentives one year after the IPO.

26.   Government officials defended the plan, saying it was meant to stabilize the financial system, regardless of whether it appeared to be a return to tradition.

27.   He also defended the plans for the site in question.

28.   He defended his plan as the best way to deliver tax relief to the middle class.

29.   He said he is entering the fray because he believes Bradley needs help defending his plan.

30.   Hours after defending his plan to dig up dirt on GOP members of the House Judiciary Committee, Democratic National Committee member Bob Mulholland quit his investigation.