1.   And Patricia R. Forbes has begun working for Kerry as the Democratic staff director on the Senate Small Business Committee, moving over from the Small Business Administration.

2.   Asked separately for his assessment, Thomas S. Kahn, the staff director for Democrats on the House Budget Committee, came up with a slightly higher estimate.

3.   Before assuming the presidency of the health insurance association, Kahn was staff director for the Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health.

4.   Benfante and the staff wine director, Mark Miller, have several goals.

5.   Bipartisan cooperation was the subtheme at a ceremony where Senate Armed Services Committee staff director Arnold Punaro was promoted to brigadier general in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserves.

6.   Both the staff director and the employee under investigation were once Central Intelligence Agency employees.

7.   A lawyer, he served as Republican counsel and staff director for the Senate Armed Services Committee and the Committee on Veterans Affairs.

8.   A full-time staff director oversees the day-to-day activities of the commission.

9.   But Robert Walker, the new staff director of the ethics committee, said that the higher per-seat price includes parking service and waiters.

10.   But Rules Committee staff director Grayson Winterling said things are looking up for the Senate restaurants.