1.   Babbitt can authorize as many acting deputy assistants as he sees fit to effectively run his department.

2.   Acting deputy assistants and deputy assistants do not need to be confirmed by Congress.

3.   But international economic issues will belong to a separate staff, run by a deputy assistant to the president, reporting to the heads of both councils.

4.   But the officials noted that while Hadley also held the title of assistant to the president, Downing was only a deputy assistant to the president.

5.   Every important word uttered or written about Matsui, a well-regarded deputy assistant to President Clinton has been false.

6.   Gene Sperling, deputy assistant to the president for economic policy, said Clinton was unlikely to accept the invitation from Dole and Gingrich.

7.   He also was deputy assistant secretary of state for Oceans and International Environment and Scientific Affairs and deputy assistant to the president for National Security Affairs.

8.   He worked in the Nixon administration in the Office of Economic Opportunity and on the Cost of Living Council before becoming deputy assistant to President Ford.

9.   James P. Pinkerton served in the Reagan and Bush White Houses, departing as deputy assistant to the president for policy planning.

10.   Last week, the grand jury secretly heard for more than four hours from Loretta Avent, a former deputy assistant to the president.