1.   At the time, Berger was deputy national security adviser to President Clinton.

2.   Deputy national security adviser Sandy Berger and deputy chief of staff Harold Ickes also are candidates.

3.   Murwa, formerly deputy defence adviser at the Nigerian embassy in Washington, replaced Col. Mohammed Maina.

4.   And Samuel Berger, the deputy national security adviser, is the foreign policy expert.

5.   Berezovsky capitalized on that support by having himself named deputy national security adviser.

6.   Berger was the deputy NSC adviser before succeeding Anthony Lake in March.

7.   Berger was the deputy national security adviser at the time.

8.   A deputy national security adviser in charge of counter-terrorism and a director of Cyberspace Security.

9.   A protege of GOP presidents, Powell served as deputy national security adviser for Ronald Reagan and as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff for George Bush.

10.   But Berger has failed to improve his relationship with journalists much since his time as deputy national security adviser.