Interrogations are a very crucial aspect of our war on terror.

If you look at what we've done to date, we've nearly doubled our investments in chemical and biological defenses. We've implemented any number of important organizational changes to address the challenges that are posed by WMD more effectively.

It's a situation that is being monitored closely.

Countering WMD has been a priority for the department in terms of making sure that our future forces are organized, trained, equipped and resourced to deal with all aspects of threats that are posed by WMD.

I think that you'll see going forward that we'll be further increasing funding for chemical, biological defense programs.

I don't have anything to suggest that is accurate. I have no indication that there are any unaccounted for personnel.

And my sense is that they are pretty close to finalizing what the policies and procedures will be for that.

They reported back to the World Health Organization (WHO) that they had a possible positive.

It is the policy of the department to preserve life through lawful, clinical means.