1.   Maryland Rep. Kweisi Mfume, outgoing chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus, also has mustered a challenge to California Rep. Vic Fazio to chair the House Democratic Caucus.

2.   Among those ordered to stand trial is outgoing Fiat chairman Cesare Romiti.

3.   Campaore arrived from Zimbabwe where he held talks with President Robert Mugabe, outgoing chairman of the Organization of African Unity.

4.   Charles Wethington, outgoing chairman of the NCAA executive committee, said his committee did not discuss contingency planning when it met earlier this month.

5.   Gilmore, a former state attorney general who is a tax-cutting conservative and abortion foe, took over from outgoing GOP chairman Jim Nicholson.

6.   Grassley, outgoing chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, began investigating the destruction recently after a Pentagon whistle-blower brought it to his attention.

7.   In an open race for the post of caucus leader, Rep. Vic Fazio of California defeated Rep. Kweisi Mfume, outgoing chairman of the black caucus.

8.   Major donors were German media mogul Leo Kirch and Helmut Maucher, outgoing board chairman of the food giant Nestle.

9.   Rep. Lee Hamilton, outgoing chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, agreed.

10.   Verney is outgoing party chairman, soon to be replaced by a Ventura ally.