21.   Christopher reiterated that if a peace agreement were reached, the United States would probably be ready to commit troops to police and to enforce the accord.

22.   Clinton administration officials, as well as those at NATO headquarters, insisted they had no intention of committing ground troops.

23.   Clinton has the authority to commit troops to Bosnia without the approval of Congress.

24.   Congress, which is largely opposed to intervention in Haiti, is equally wary of committing American troops in Bosnia.

25.   Clinton wanted to help the Bosnian Muslims in their war against the Bosnian Serbs, without committing American troops or openly sending arms.

26.   Dole has long held that a president should be supported once he decides something as important as committing American troops abroad.

27.   European governments generally believe, however, that if Clinton is re-elected in November, the administration will be willing to commit troops to a follow-up Bosnia force.

28.   Europe chastises America for threatening to arm the Bosnian Muslims and, at the same time, refusing to commit troops itself.

29.   Fed a steady diet of stories suggesting that US reluctance to commit ground troops in Kosovo was an American trick, Yugoslav forces moved closer to the border.

30.   France, Britain and the Netherlands have already committed troops to the effort.