1.   Alpha Industries Inc., a former defense contractor in Woburn, Mass., also made a name for itself selling equipment used in mobile communications equipment.

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

3.   And then a self-important Pavel Grachev, former Russian defense minister, could enter the international arena.

4.   Another contender, Theovald Stoltenberg, a former Norwegian defense minister, withdrew last Friday.

5.   Another member of the Defense Policy Board and a former defense secretary and CIA chief, James R. Schlesinger, is more circumspect.

6.   As a longtime handler of political frontmen the former defense secretary is even-toned, discreet, self-effacing.

7.   Before leaving office, Bush pardoned former defense secretary Caspar Weinberger and others indicted by the Iran-Contra prosecutor.

8.   Both McCain and Korb, the former assistant defense secretary, agreed.

9.   A crucial yes vote was cast by Yitzhak Mordechai, the former Israeli defense minister, who was recently dismissed by Netanyahu.

10.   A former head of Daewoo Heavy was arrested last month for allegedly bribing a former defense minister to seek favors in a military helicopter contract.