61.   Shinseki was a former commander of U.S. troops in Bosnia and was questioned on the peacekeeping mission in Kosovo and looming budget fights in Congress.

62.   Sixty former military commanders from around the world are to issue a similar plea on Thursday.

63.   So far, Gen. Ratko Mladic, the former Bosnian Serb commander wanted by an international tribunal on charges of war crimes, has enjoyed a very pleasant summer.

64.   Shirzai said more than a dozen clerics, tribal leaders and former military commanders arrived in this southwestern Pakistan city from southern Afghanistan in recent days.

65.   Some former commanders express concern about the toll that a prolonged inquiry into sexual misconduct might take on the CID.

66.   Some former Contra commanders are now American citizens and live in the United States, which former combatants still living here believe could help strengthen their case.

67.   Tens of thousands of people stopped work on Thursday to mourn a former commander of the Kosovo Liberation Army who was killed at his home on Tuesday.

68.   The former commander earlier this month told a symposium of Army and National Guard senior brass in San Antonio that war with Iraq was likely to start in January.

69.   The former commander of the submarine, Maurice Montana, will be among the speakers.

70.   The former officials include Christopher Hill, who is now ambassador to Poland, and Gen. Wesley K. Clark, the former NATO commander, officials said.