61.   Administration officials also contend that virtually every other president who has sent troops into battle faced similar opposition.

62.   After the treaty is signed in Paris in mid-december, U.S. officials expect them to begin sending troops before Christmas.

63.   After the battle of the Alamo, Santa Anna had sent his troops north with orders to destroy homes and villages.

64.   Britain, which sent troops to Sierra Leone last month, helped Sierra Leone draft its proposal for a tribunal, diplomats said Tuesday.

65.   British and French troops are being sent in around a few Afghan airfields to secure them for shipments of food and other relief.

66.   Both he and Perry acknowledged that sending ground troops involves risks, but said military planners hoped to reduce those risks by sending in a robust force.

67.   Both public and congressional opinion need to be consulted about decisions so grave as bombing a European capital or sending ground troops into Kosovo.

68.   Burns was jailed at the courthouse while federal troops were sent to Boston to ensure his return to Virginia.

69.   Bush already had authority as commander-in-chief to send troops into combat, but he felt more secure doing so once Congress had pledged its support.

70.   Bush disagreed, saying he would not send troops to Rwanda.