1.   Another NSC official virtually ruled out the possibility of any last-minute envoy being sent to deal with the Haitian military junta.

2.   But they said an indictment might help persuade members of the Haitian junta to find refuge in another country, far from the long arm of U.S. law.

3.   First lady Hillary Rodham Clinton said the agreement by the Haitian military junta to leave that beleaguered island country was what President Clinton had both hoped and planned for.

4.   He was referring to Lt. Gen. Raoul Cedras, the leader of the Haitian junta.

5.   Instead, we are witnessing a bizarre joint operation, conducted amid declarations of mutual respect, between the U.S. military and the gruesome Haitian junta.

6.   Last July, he had five hours of talks with the head of the Haitian junta, Gen. Raoul Cedras, which may have helped dislodge him from power.

7.   What of the crimes of the Haitian junta?

8.   Would those now urging action against the Haitian junta support the same principle if it were applied somewhere else?

9.   French Interior Minister Charles Pasqua said Sunday he was against France offering sanctuary to the Haitian military junta if they are forced out by the United States.

10.   Another option was to enlarge the list of people tied to the Haitian junta who would be ineligible for visas.