1.   Bonilla, Dunn and Watts will introduce a cast of Republican speakers and oversee the formal nomination of Bush as the GOP presidential candidate.

2.   A formal nomination is expected to be announced during the conference.

3.   But when he returned to Jonquiere earlier this month for his formal nomination, doctors threatened to resign if the cuts went through.

4.   His formal nomination is subject to confirmation by the U.S. Senate.

5.   Nearly all nominees after the first wave were left hanging in the Senate for months after their formal nominations.

6.   The events this week lead up to the formal nomination of Bob Dole for president and Jack Kemp for vice president.

7.   Bush will welcome them to the White House on Wednesday for a formal nomination ceremony.

8.   Bush will welcome them to the White House today for a formal nomination ceremony.

9.   Common Cause, which helped organize a lobbying campaign that persuaded Clinton to delay a formal nomination of Smith for nearly a year, still hoped to defeat him.

10.   His formal nomination, delayed three weeks by a standard background check, will be sent to Capitol Hill this week, the White House said Sunday.