41.   Subcommittee staff members, who briefed reporters on the investigation on condition of anonymity, said it took nearly a year to compile the results.

42.   The efforts by Baskin and other Andersen officials to lay the full blame on Duncan for the shredding drew skeptical comments from some subcommittee members.

43.   The efforts by Baskin and other Andersen officials to deflect the full blame on Duncan for the shredding drew criticism from some subcommittee members.

44.   The subcommittee is sensitive to those negotiations, he said, but the State Department has not asserted any legal basis for keeping the full document from subcommittee members.

45.   The testimony had subcommittee members searching for ways to improve the pay and training for screeners and other ways of beefing up airport security.

46.   Undersecretary of State Peter Tarnoff told skeptical subcommittee members Thursday that Cuba thus far has kept its word, based on monitoring efforts by U.S. diplomats on the island.