11.   Clinton was briefed on Tuesday on the Cuba situation by Sandy Berger, the deputy national security adviser.

12.   Elena Kagan, a deputy domestic policy adviser for Clinton, said the administration wants a comprehensive measure passed this year.

13.   He served under President Ronald Reagan, first as deputy national security adviser then national security adviser.

14.   James Steinberg will leave his post as State Department policy director to become White House deputy national security adviser.

15.   Nevertheless, the administration moved one step closer to that option yesterday when Clinton nominated deputy national security adviser Sandy Berger to head the National Security Council.

16.   Samuel R. Berger, the deputy national security adviser, led the meeting.

17.   Sandy Berger, the deputy national security adviser, was the behind-the-scenes crisis manager.

18.   She was the deputy national security adviser.

19.   The American officials were Under Secretary of State Peter Tarnoff and Samuel R. Berger, deputy national security adviser.