QUES: He said the Senate has confirmed 124 judicial nominees since Bush took office and " I don 't see much broken . "

Mr. Daschle said the Senate had confirmed 124 judicial nominees since Mr. Bush took office .

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QUES: BellSouth also added 654,000 net long-distance customers in the third quarter .

BellSouth added 111,000 DSL customers during the quarter to reach a total of 1.3m subscribers .

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ANS: no

QUES: Gordon stressed that his bill " is a lesson-learned bill and not a reflection on Admiral Gehman 's handling of the Columbia investigation . "

But Gordon emphasized that the legislation he introduced last week is " a lesson-learned bill and not a reflection on Admiral ( Harold ) Gehman 's handling of the Columbia investigation . "

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yes