He pledged that he and his clerical advisers "will always continue working"to bring about a peace agreement.

"We will not be starting from zero," the adviser continued.

"Look at what happened to us in the last election," the adviser continued.

The adviser continued glumly, "My biggest fear is that there will be a din for resignation after the vote.

But the advisers continued to stonewall while trying to dictate the course of the prosecution.

"Everything in Hillary's background will be recycled," continued the adviser, who insisted on anonymity.

Nonetheless, Mr. Bush's advisers continue to search for reasons that doing the responsible thing is actually a bad idea.

But Father Aristide's advisers continue to disagree with the Administration over what happens to the military leaders when they step down.

Mr. Clinton's economic advisers continued to review the state of the budget and to prepare a strategy for dealing with the economy immediately on taking office.

"He has a very distinguished record of military service that we honor," the adviser continued.