1.   A National Intelligence Council report issued last January concluded that more than a dozen states either have or are actively pursuing germ weapons capabilities.

2.   Independent analysts estimate that the rebels have only handed in half of their weapons capability, and point out that more can be procured on the black market.

3.   The assumption is that helping Pakistan upgrade its conventional weapons capability would convince it to freeze its nuclear program.

4.   U.S. officials say that for a decade or more, bin Laden has attempted to develop a biological weapons capability.

5.   At this point, he said, Iran was still building an infrastructure for a biological weapons capability.

6.   Butler repeated his claim that Iraq was near finished disarming itself of chemical weapons and missiles, but that questions remain about its biological weapons capabilities.

7.   Butler said Iraq still had a serious weapons capability.

8.   Contemporary India is now at a point where the detrimental effects of nuclear inaction far outweigh the costs of taking action to develop a weapons capability.

9.   Critics say the convention will remain weak unless all countries with chemical weapons capabilities join the accord.

10.   Foley said the administration has been highlighting for months Iraqi efforts at reinstating its weapons capability.