21.   He said lawmakers would ask the agency for a status report during a hearing early next month.

22.   He said the union will ask federal agencies for input on the code of ethics.

23.   Instead, lawmakers approved a watered-down measure that does little more than ask local agencies to create policies on racial profiling.

24.   On nuclear power, Bush asked federal agencies to examine whether spent fuel from nuclear reactors can be reprocessed for the production of electricity.

25.   The Albanian government asked the agency for food aid.

26.   The environmental group and others planned to ask the agency about potential risks and emergency planning at a hearing today in Cleveland.

27.   The German antitrust agency had asked for the chance to scrutinize them as well, arguing that its knowledge of local market conditions left it better placed.