1.   Also Tuesday, a coalition of conservative organizations announced an educational and lobbying campaign to urge Congress to support the missile program.

2.   American officials say they remain extremely concerned about Chinese help for the Pakistani and Iranian missile programs.

3.   And now, the big problem there is the missile program.

4.   And North Korea dropped its demand that it be paid cash for giving up its long-range missile programs.

5.   Beyond concerns over the missile program, satellite photos have fueled suspicions that North Korea may also be developing one or more underground nuclear installations.

6.   A less technically challenging theater missile defense program to defend troops against shorter range missiles has had numerous test failures.

7.   Administration officials vehemently deny that the missile program is aimed at curbing the military ability of Russia or China.

8.   After meeting with Kim, Putin reported that North Korea had offered to abandon its missile program if other nations would help it launch satellites into space.

9.   After their meeting, reporters wrote that Putin had bent a bit to permit Bush to proceed with planning his new missile defense program.

10.   Bush also has found friends among the aerospace unions, which support his missile defense program.