11.   The Federal Reserve chairman has called the Bush tax cut too large.

12.   The House National Security Committee chairman called Tuesday for boosting funding for new weapons and barracks, missile defense and certain overtaxed military units.

13.   The Nobel Peace Prize committee chairman called the assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin a tragedy and expressed concern for the Middle East Peace process Saturday.

14.   The Keidanren chairman called for the establishment a third-party group to monitor the execution of deregulation measures.