It also prompted Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to cut short a visit to Berlin, where she conferred with Chancellor Angela Merkel about the Middle East.

In 1873, the Virginius war scare with Spain prompted Secretary of the Navy George Robeson to order a new class of five monitors to protect America's ports.

His testimony prompted Cyrus R. Vance, former Secretary of State and a panel member, to say there were "a number of statements" by Mr. DeVincenzo "that were not credible."

She constantly pleaded with her husband to seek better treatment for black Americans, prompting Secretary of War Henry Stimson to condemn her "intrusive and impulsive folly."

The outcry also prompted Secretary of State Colin L. Powell to call on Israel to allow relief agencies to operate in the camp.

Those numbers prompted Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld, who lives in Washington, to assert in June that Baghdad has a lower homicide rate than Washington.

Its report prompted Secretary of State George P. Shultz to order changes in the Moscow embassy.

The Jones note prompted Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to complain to Mr. Obama, and her support for Mr. Holbrooke has kept him in his job.

The decision on Thursday to withdraw Mr. Makharadze prompted Secretary of State Warren Christopher to deliver a personal appeal to Mr. Shevardnadze.

Pawnee's advantages prompted Secretary of the Navy, Gideon Welles, to order her to go to Norfolk in place of Anacostia.