"We are prepared to vote," the spokesman, Andy Fisher, said.

A spokesman for Mr. Lugar, Andy Fisher, said the senator was skeptical about whether the records on Syria would be particularly revealing.

A spokesman, Andy Fisher, predicted, "It will be a fairly early night."

Roy Sampson and Andy Fisher both had spells coaching the club during this period but neither could do much to halt Dewsbury's inevitable decline.

The first hearing will deal with tobacco farmers' price support program, said Andy Fisher, Mr. Lugar's spokesman.

Andy Fisher - drums, percussion (1978-1979)

Mr. Lugar was treated at Bethesda Naval Hospital and released but will have to return Wednesday to have the facial bone set, the spokesman, Andy Fisher, said.

"If there's an expectation that Brahimi is a miracle worker, that's a huge expectation," a spokesman for Mr. Lugar, Andy Fisher, said after the meeting.

"Danforth is obviously very widely respected in the Senate by both parties, and we're committed to moving the nomination as quickly as we can," said the spokesman, Andy Fisher.

But Andy Fisher, a spokesman for Mr. Lugar, said he was not asking the State Department to deny the Democratic request.