The aide also urged militiamen to obey orders, indicating that those still fighting in Najaf possibly were acting on their own.

Mr. Bratton's aides, they said, had urged him not to resign in anger or abruptness.

At a White House meeting last week, aides to the president urged employer groups, insurance companies and drugstores to lobby against the Senate measure as well.

But it was confirmed that aides urged the media to concentrate on the royal couple's four-day tour rather than speculating on their relationship.

Kenny's aides who were still outside the walls urged on the column.

As his aides have urged, he talks more about himself and his wartime ordeals.

Thus, Mr. Bush has been reluctant to alter his campaign, even though some aides are urging that course, they said.

He mumbled, "I can't do it," and an aide urged him to take a breath before he began.

For months, senior aides urged him to seize the nettle.

Even his most dogged Congressional defenders and most loyal former aides are urging him to tell the truth, whatever it is.