21.  A national defense fund is being organized in Atlanta, and a Web site is under construction.

22.  A review of our national defense, of course, is inevitably an essential, underlying element of any presidential competition.

23.  About the only areas specified in the Constitution are national defense, the federal judiciary, the federal mint and the Postal Service.

24.  Actually, national defense is the highest priority of every nation.

25.  After that, countries should concentrate on reinforcing national defenses against terrorist attacks.

26.  Brinkman later learned how crucial the National Guard is to the national defense.

27.  Bush played to this sentiment in a major campaign address on national defense in September by underscoring the need to counter the Chinese missile treat.

28.  Bush looks on as Gen. Colin Powell, the former chairman of the joint chiefs of staff under President Bush, speaks about national defense, Thursday.

29.  Bush and McCain are both anti-abortion, pro-trade, anti-gun-control conservatives who favor significant tax cuts and a stronger national defense.

30.  But after the French government blocked that avenue, opting instead to build a single national defense company, British firms may have to do the same.