31.   But they made only limited progress in finding a formula to integrate Russian troops into a peacekeeping force for Bosnia.

32.   Clark also acknowledged that Milosevic is moving more and more troops into Kosovo.

33.   Clinton has made it clear that he will use his constitutional authority as commander-in-chief to order U.S. troops into Bosnia regardless of what Congress does.

34.   Clinton keeps saying like a stuck compact disc that he and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization allies have no plans to insert ground troops into the Kosovo unpleasantness.

35.   Clinton and his fellow NATO leaders did err badly in declaring they had no intention of sending combat troops into Kosovo.

36.   Clinton spoke as senior administration officials cracked the door for the first time to the possible movement of allied ground troops into Kosovo to protect stranded refugees there.

37.   Clinton reiterated that there were no plans to send ground troops into Kosovo, saying he intends to press forward with air strikes.

38.   Congress would not, however, give Clinton the mandate he needed to send U.S. troops into combat.

39.   Crowded inside on this day in late November are members of the press pool, the first reporters the Pentagon has allowed to accompany U.S. troops into Afghanistan.

40.   Deadlines for withdrawal turn American troops into lame ducks.