31.   Rather than confront questions about her future, Ms. Myers on Thursday afternoon first postponed and then canceled her daily briefing.

32.   Secretary of Health and Human Services Tommy Thompson told reporters in a separate briefing that he gets daily briefings on security concerns.

33.   Shortly after, he received his customary daily briefing from chief of staff Erskine Bowles and National Security Adviser Samuel Berger.

34.   Since the story broke on Wednesday, the White House press room where McCurry holds his daily briefings has been filled with reporters and camera operators.

35.   She initially was forced to brief reporters on the sidelines while then-Communications Director George Stephanopoulos delivered the daily televised briefings.

36.   So they want to disclose as little as possible about those things in the daily briefings at NATO headquarters.

37.   Some think it is no coincidence that an Italian officer, Gen. Giuseppe Marani, has emerged as the chief NATO military spokesman at daily briefings in Brussels.

38.   Still, I heard the horror reports at the daily briefings that I had to attend.

39.   The analyst would conduct daily briefings for the Bush team, provide limited analysis and respond to specific questions.

40.   The daily briefing is about to begin.