1.   And he has slashed thousands of jobs and overhauled the bureaucracy.

2.   He slashed thousands of jobs and overhauled the bureaucracy.

3.   The Republican-controlled Congress has been wary of paying money owed to the U.N. until it overhauls its bureaucracy.

4.   The Republican-controlled Congress has been wary of paying money owed the U.N. until it overhauls its bureaucracy.

5.   He said his program for overhauling the bureaucracy as vice president was against quotas, not affirmative action.

6.   In the Okayama campaign, Ishii called for closer ties with the central government while Eda stressed overhauling the bureaucracy that dominates Japanese policy-making.