On the sale of the Maverick missiles, for example, he had wanted the Pentagon to notify Congress on an informal basis of the pending move.

For rotation next year, the Pentagon has activated 10,000 troops from the Arkansas and North Carolina Guards and notified 5,000 from Washington that they may be needed.

The Pentagon notified Congress today that it planned to start work on that site next month.

They also voted to require the Pentagon to notify Congress within five days once it decides how to spend the money.

The Pentagon notified Congress that it had approved the sale of 24 American attack helicopters to Iraq, valued at as much as $2.4 billion.

Because she had remarried 18 years ago she was no longer "primary next of kin," so the Pentagon had not notified her.

Kevin Morison, a spokesman for Mayor Anthony Williams, said that the Pentagon had notified city officials about the Army's plan to test the blimp.

LEAD: The Pentagon notified Congress today that it had approved the sale of UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters to Colombia for use by its military in fighting drug traffickers.

By today, the Pentagon had already notified more than 5,800 reservists and guardsmen that they would be mobilized, including many with specialties in intelligence gathering, engineering, computers and foreign languages.

At the time, the Pentagon notified Congress, and an outline of the passages was made public.