41.   Treasury officials acknowledge that developing benchmarks to show what kind of aid works best is not a simple process.

42.   Treasury officials also will also ask Congress to provide a more stable stream of federal funding.

43.   Treasury officials declined to discuss their auction plans for next week -- whether or not the debt limit is raised.

44.   Treasury officials described Al Taqwa as a highly capitalized shell organization linking offshore banks and money management firms in Switzerland, the Bahamas, Liechtenstein and Austria.

45.   Treasury officials did not offer any detailed explanation for the difference in the projections.

46.   Treasury officials have been attacking the proposed board for months.

47.   Treasury officials have been debating how to allow banking and commercial interests to mix for months.

48.   Treasury officials have moved from one crisis to another, all stemming from the Asian woes.

49.   Treasury officials have testified the last two years before Congress that redesigning currency is the only way to keep up with counterfeiters.

50.   Treasury officials now are studying whether to eliminate ATF altogether and distribute its responsibilities elsewhere in the department.