Although the two companies talked about how little ______. there is between them, they still expect to eliminate about 10000 positions from among a combined work force of 140,000 after their mergence.

A．Iran-contra's Poindexter heads the Pentagon's new terrorist-alert program
B．The Pentagon plans to eyeball America's databases
C．The Pentagon's new terrorist-detection project is drawing fire
D．White House is going to erode civil liberties

A．To introduce the main purpose of the project to the readers
B．To express the author's opposition to the project
C．To appeal to the public to fight against the project
D．To inform the readers of the controversy over the project