1.   Peres was named prime minister, his deputy Yitzhak Rabin became defense minister, and Shamir became foreign minister.

2.   NATO defense ministers wrap up their meeting in Brussels today.

3.   Alliance defense ministers authorize the air-power exercise, which could launch NATO warplanes from French, British or U.S. aircraft carriers in the Adriatic.

4.   Along with serving as the defense minister of his oil-rich nation, he has put together the most competitive racing consortium ever assembled.

5.   Although he is a former defense minister and a former general, he did not serve as army chief of staff.

6.   Although we delayed the visit of the defense minister, I am sure that it will be rescheduled at some point.

7.   Among them was Tran Van Don, deputy prime minister and defense minister, and a general who was chief of military communications intelligence.

8.   An early scoop results in the resignation of the French defense minister.

9.   An Israeli government-ordered judicial inquiry called for his resignation as defense minister.

10.   Analyst Chafets said that Peres is likely to retain his current position as foreign minister and to appoint former chief of staff Ehud Barak as defense minister.