21.   Keeping two carriers in the Gulf would maintain pressure on Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, who has resisted giving UN inspectors full access to suspected weapons sites.

22.   Neither Clinton nor Blair endorsed suggestions that allied military action target Saddam personally as well as his suspected weapons sites.

23.   Officials used somewhat tougher language than they did on Monday in addressing the refusal on documents that relate to suspected weapons sites.

24.   Richard, he said, assured him that France would demand that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein give inspectors full access to suspected weapons sites.

25.   The Clinton administration is threatening Iraq with force if it continues refusing to abide by the U.N. resolutions that guarantee inspectors unfettered access to suspected weapons sites.

26.   The Bush administration has not ruled out bombing suspected weapons sites as a last resort.

27.   The crisis with Iraq began last month when Iraqi officials began preventing U.N. inspectors from going through suspected weapons of mass destruction facilities.

28.   The crisis with Iraq began last month when Iraqi officials began preventing U.N. weapons inspectors from going through suspected weapons of mass destruction facilities.

29.   The latest incident occurred yesterday, when inspectors were denied access to a suspected weapons site.

30.   The latest standoff began when Saddam last fall refused inspectors the unrestricted access to suspected weapons sites called for in U.N. resolutions.