51.  Deputy Secretary of State Strobe Talbott called on the Japanese government Wednesday to reconsider a proposal to reduce its financial support for U.S. troops stationed in Japan.

52.  Deputy Secretary of State Strobe Talbott directly blamed Milosevic in a statement on Wednesday for provoking the violence.

53.  Deputy Secretary of State Strobe Talbott is expected to monitor the talks for the United States.

54.  Deputy Secretary of State Strobe Talbott says the word "democracy has come to stand for a bit of an oversimplification."

55.  Deputy Secretary of State Strobe Talbott, who is staying in his job, at least for the near future, offers the main continuity.

56.  Deputy Secretary of the Department of the Interior J. Steven Griles worked as a lobbyist for the coal and oil industry in the 1990s.

57.  Deputy Solicitor General Paul D. Clement, arguing for the federal government on the maritime commission's behalf, was not spared the justices' skeptical questioning.

58.  Deputy Superintendent Gil Kleiman, spokesman for the National Police, said the bus was packed with schoolchildren and people going to work.

59.  Deputy Tracy Watson was fired, and Deputy Kurtis Franklin was suspended for a month.

60.  Deputy Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers returned early to Washington from vacation to oversee economic preparations for the summit.