1.   Republicans said Friday that voting on every deposition request would needlessly delay the investigation.

2.   Republican have said it would be impractical to consult the Democrats about every deposition request.

3.   But U.S. District Judge Gerald Bruce Lee on Friday agreed with a magistrate who had found that the deposition request was too broad and nuclear secrets could be divulged.

4.   Real agreed to withhold deciding on the motion for sanctions and allow Cullen two days to convey the latest deposition request to Sunier in Switzerland.