41.   After the suicide-bombs, security issues are bound to come first.

42.   Albright said that if there is progress on security issues, she was prepared to make her first visit to the Middle East since taking office early this year.

43.   Bush said that he, Cheney and Powell were talking about national security issues.

44.   Bush called the meeting to update the bipartisan delegation on homeland security issues.

45.   Bush called the rumors absurd but said nothing specific until this week, when he was confronted about the White House security clearance issue.

46.   Bush would do well to listen to Japanese concerns about the submarine episode and the larger security issues.

47.   But administration officials said he told Sharon that progress was necessary in both political negotiations and security issues.

48.   Bush attended the gathering of New York police and firefighters to discuss homeland security issues.

49.   Bush is expected to discuss border security issues in El Paso, Texas, on Thursday en route to a four-day trip to Mexico and Latin America.

50.   But at the international level there is a feeling that existing institutions within the U.N. family are ill-equipped to deal with environmental security issues.