I think these are all extremely troubling journalism questions that we're going to spend panels on.

"This is extremely troubling," he said in a statement Sunday about Mr. Bush's decision.

"These are extremely troubling findings," Mr. Thompson said in telephone interview.

"It is extremely troubling, and we're investigating it now."

The review is "extremely troubling," Mrs. Meissner said in a statement.

"It's already an extremely troubling nomination because of her long-standing hostility to the basic rights of American workers."

Payments to pharmacists are "extremely troubling," he said.

"I find this extremely troubling," she said.

This is, as every Member who has spoken in this debate has pointed out, an extremely troubling case.

The assistant attorney general, Luke Martland, acknowledged that that was "an extremely troubling question."