11.   Though the administration is weighing approval of preliminary construction, it says a final deployment decision may fall to the next president.

12.   But the administration is weighing other possible options for bases, given U.S-Saudi tensions.

13.   Officials say the administration is weighing options ranging from diplomatic pressure to possible eventual military strikes.

14.   The administration is weighing the risks of a paramilitary operation to arrest Karadzic.

15.   The Bush administration has been weighing the possibility of cutting off contacts with Arafat, U.S. officials have said.

16.   The Bush administration is weighing a proposal from snowmobile manufacturers that could eventually result in lifting the ban on snowmobiling at several Western national parks.

17.   The Bush administration is weighing whether to allow some three million Mexican immigrants in the country illegally to become legal residents.

18.   That point has not been reached, he said, as the Bush administration weighs its options in search of a shield against missile attack.

19.   The administration weighed the indictment option last year, and the senior official said the matter has not been dropped.

20.   The Clinton administration has been weighing whether a NATO-led paramilitary operation to arrest the rebel Bosnian Serb leader is worth the risk.