1.   But that topic actually took up just a few minutes of his roughly half-hour speech.

2.   The topic will take center stage when Mexican President Vicente Fox visits Washington in early September.

3.   The topic has taken on increasing prominence in recent weeks, with modest reform legislation making its way through Congress.

4.   Those topics could take on a different coloration if contenders know that voting in more liberal California and New York are just down the pike.

5.   However all these topics will take a back seat to French nuclear testing which is set to resume next month for an eight test series at Mururoa.