A key Democratic Senator and a Reagan Administration official said today that they would not rule out military action to oust Gen. Manuel Antonio Noriega now that negotiations had failed so far to get the Panamanian leader to step down.

• 一位民主党首要参议员和一位里根政府官员今天说：既然让巴拿马领袖下台的谈判已经失败，他们不排队使用武力赶走诺列加将军。