1.  He has expressed some reservations about the design of the monument, but he nonetheless backs approval.

2.  All five FCC commissioners backed approval of the deal, but two dissented in part.

3.  In an interview with the Nihon Keizai Shimbun published Friday, Bank of Japan governor Yasuo Matsushita backed the approval of holding companies in the finance sector.

4.  Arch-conservative Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Jesse Helms decided in February to back approval of START II.