Their departure will strengthen Mr. Sharon's position, because the party members scheduled to replace them hold hawkish views in line with his own.

Though known to be a moderate Muslim, the general is also known to harbor hawkish views toward his neighbor.

I don't regard that as a hawkish view on my part.

But some officials who know Ms. Rice well do not expect her to take a hard-line hawkish view when she goes to State.

Since then, new data have heightened inflation worries and seemed to validate the bank's hawkish views.

His hawkish view was reinforced by Hans Tietmeyer, president of Germany's central bank.

But critics have said the team is at work finding only information that fits the most hawkish views on Iraq and risks politicizing the intelligence process.

For the generals in Ankara, with whom he kept excellent relations, he was a political heavyweight on whose hawkish views they could always depend.

But officials who disagree say the top civilian policy makers are intent on politicizing intelligence to fit their hawkish views on Iraq.

Because of his hawkish views, a number of Knesset members refused to appear during his tenure.