91.   Chirac sent his new defense minister, Michele Alliot-Marie, to Karachi Wednesday, the statement said.

92.   Concerns over Albania arose as the new defense secretary was briefed on U.S. operations in Bosnia and the forces he is slated to meet with on Thursday near Tuzla.

93.   De Mello stressed that securing a long-term peace deal in East Timor required disarming and demobilizing armed groups and creating a new defense force.

94.   Dehaene announced later Thursday that another Dutch-speaking Christian Democrat, Karel Pinxten, would become the new defense minister.

95.   Dehaene immediately appointed a new defense minister, fellow Christian Democrat Karel Pinxten, and predicted the scandal would not affect his center-left coalition.

96.   During his trip, Perry is expected to announce new defense conversion projects with states of the former Soviet Union.

97.   Flores will soon name a new defense minister who is likely to be a civilian for the first time in modern Honduran history.

98.   French and British leaders opened a two-day summit Thursday evening, seeking to make progress in forging a new defense identity for the European Union.

99.   General Likulia Bolongo will be the new defense minister and also a vice prime minister.

100.   He also did not say who would be the new defense minister.