1.   As it has with other American troop commitments in the last two decades, the spectre of Vietnam hovers in the background of every debate about Bosnia.

2.   At the time of the initial troop commitments, the Democrats had been the dominant party.

3.   Accommodation, retreat, politics for politics sake, the occasional aspirin factory blown up for diversion, open-ended troop commitments.

4.   But the White House has signaled it is prepared to end this rule to keep the US troop commitment in Kosovo to a minimum.

5.   European diplomats have been pushing the United States for months to extend its troop commitment in Bosnia.

6.   It looks as if the U.S. troop commitment in Bosnia will be extended past next June.

7.   NATO military commanders have begun asking for troop commitments for the one-year mission.

8.   On the other hand, he kept hoping that his escalation of the U.S. troop commitment would lead to victory over the Vietcong.

9.   Only last week, senators questioned Cohen about the US troop commitment.

10.   Our troop commitment there had begun under Dwight Eisenhower, grown under John Kennedy.