Among the other projects under scrutiny, one official said, were several city schools and an amusement park in New Jersey.
"We'll soon be in a position to arrive at an agreement under our own terms," one official was quoted as telling Ta Nea.
This included myriad UN agencies in a single country coming under the authority of one official, and working more closely with the governments of those countries, which often had no idea what the UN was doing.
An attorney for Stephen Jin-WoneKim, officialcial under indictment, has said this month that Kim will challenge his indictment in light of top officials leaking classified material to Woodward.
One official, Mark Rey, under secretary of agriculture for natural resources and environment, said the department wanted to reinvigorate mineral exploration in national forests while promoting environmental stewardship.
Under the proposed plea deal, one official said, the troopers would admit to those two charges only and agree to resign, in exchange for the state's request that they receive probation.
Noting that Britain has 1,200 more troops in Afghanistan now than when Mr. Brown took office in 2007, one official, speaking under ground rules of anonymity, said Tuesday that "any suggestion that the prime minister has been unwilling to deploy more troops or provide the necessary resources is simply wrong".
Four other Seals are under investigation for similar alleged violations, one official said.
When she asked one of them under what circumstances they offered provisional ballots to voters, one official replied, "When they're very persistent".
