51.   The Pentagon review is expected to be completed in several weeks, and a supplemental budget request probably would follow a few weeks after that.

52.   The president makes final decisions on the budget requests in December after consulting with senior economic advisers and Cabinet members.

53.   The secretary will submit to the Legislature one comprehensive budget request that includes everything from school districts to state universities.

54.   This year, the panel hoped to be more persuasive by linking its state budget request with the recommended fee cut.

55.   This budget request would be for the Marines.

56.   White House officials said Clinton would resubmit the proposal when he sends his budget request to Congress next month.

57.   White House officials said Bush might try to address the problems in his budget request for next year, but no final decisions have been made.

58.   Banharn suggested that the tensions would ease after the annual reshuffle and that the armed forces could be mollified by granting their budget requests.

59.   Both have a lot to say about the handling of State Department budget requests because of their respective roles on the Senate Appropriations Committee.

60.   Budget requests are doubled or even almost tripled in the course of a year because of what the White House claims were unforeseen circumstances.