11.   The defense chief added that threats from biological weapons were more pressing in the immediate future.

12.   The defense chief also argued that money for some essential military training might be eaten up without additional base closures.

13.   The defense chief declined to say what casualty estimates have been made.

14.   The defense chief, definitely on the defensive, said it was necessary because the prisoners were dangerous.

15.   The defense chief added to the attacks last spring when he misled military investigators about a altering documents on the Somalia affair before releasing them.

16.   The defense chief said that there had been no U.S. causalities in combat thus far.

17.   The only thing worse, the Clinton defense chief argued, is picking among the alternatives put forward for dealing with Serbian aggression in the region.

18.   The undertaking was called Operation Foxley and was cleared by Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden and reported to Prime Minister Winston Churchill as a project endorsed by his defense chiefs.

19.   Worried about the closeness of the vote, President Boris Yeltsin fired his most venal adviser, the head of the KGB and the bloody-handed defense chief.

20.   Presidential officials said the outgoing defense chief was held responsible for the submarine incident.