101. He said they deserved the same respect as peacekeeping troops from any other country. 102. He said troops from Germany, Italy, France and Britain were being readied for positioning in Macedonia and Albania. 103. He seemed eager to withdraw troops from an earlier peacekeeping mission in Sierra Leone. 104. He spent nine days in October in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, convincing President Slobodon Milosevic to pull back Serbian troops from Kosovo. 105. He was one of the officials who eventually called for the withdrawal of Soviet troops from the rugged mountainous region. 106. He made a name for himself running complicated negotiations over several years that resulted in the departure of Cuban troops from Angola and South African troops from Namibia. 107. Here, Gen. George B. McClellan successfully repelled Lee and his Confederate troops from their attempt to invade Maryland and march farther north. 108. He was injured in a helicopter crash landing, during which his rescuing of troops from the burning copter earned him a Soldiers Medal. 109. He would remove federal troops from defeated Dixie and end Reconstruction policies if Southerners would grant slaves and other blacks full civil rights. 110. His statement appeared to be meant to impress Western diplomats who have asked Milosevic to withdraw the extra troops from Kosovo as a first step to a political solution. |