21.   A similar bill is moving through the Senate, and Republican congressional leaders want the legislation passed by both chambers before lawmakers go home for Thanksgiving.

22.   A Pentagon official, speaking to reporters at a briefing on condition of anonymity, made clear that military leaders want to keep their role as small as possible.

23.   A person identified as a mullah friendly with the mostly Arab Qaeda fighters then told Zaman that Qaeda leaders wanted to negotiate.

24.   Alawite leaders want Turkey to live up to its secular promise.

25.   Business leaders want legislation that would allow owners to base any cleanup on both the risk to public health and the proposed use of the contaminated site.

26.   Business leaders want to allow owners to consider the realistic health risks and the proposed uses of contaminated sites when cleaning them up.

27.   Business leaders wanted the freedom to invest in Cuba, as Washington allowed them to do in Beijing.

28.   But because House and Senate leaders want to avoid a veto, the White House will play a major role in the negotiations.

29.   But black community leaders want much more.

30.   But he ruled out any negotiations with Pakistan over the future of Kashmir, which is something the Huriyat leaders want.