71.   Certainly, few of us will have to deal with such a quandary in a very public Senate confirmation hearing.

72.   Confirmation hearings begin in the Senate on the troubled nomination of Nashville physician Henry Foster as the next Surgeon General.

73.   Confirmation hearings for Holbrooke are scheduled to begin Thursday.

74.   Confirmation hearings for Ireland have not yet been scheduled, but his nomination did not touch off the immediate opposition that Fried and Marshall faced.

75.   Confirmation hearings are expected next month.

76.   Confirmation hearings are expected to be held this fall.

77.   Confirmation hearings in the Senate are expected as early as next month.

78.   Congress needs to know about confirmation hearings.

79.   Clinton will have to nominate a candidate for the post, who will then face Senate confirmation hearings next year.

80.   Defense Secretary William Cohen, during his Senate confirmation hearing last month, suggested that the two-war strategy might be unrealistic.