91.   He also played a key role in lowering the profile of the large U.S. military presence in the southern Japanese island of Okinawa.

92.   He can ask that Jakarta drastically scale down its military presence in East Timor.

93.   Haiti is planning to hold parliamentary elections by the end of January, and the United States is expected to keep a sizable military presence there through the election.

94.   He argued that the U.S. military presence in Saudi Arabia and other countries threatened Islam and warranted jihad.

95.   Hashimoto said that the U.S. presence in Asia contributes significantly to peace but that he wants American cooperation in reducing its military presence on Okinawa.

96.   He is a strong proponent of the continued need for an American military presence in Europe and argued on moral grounds for the sending of German troops to Kosovo.

97.   He has said U.S. troops will leave Bosnia then, but there is a growing view inside the administration that he will have to extend the U.S. military presence.

98.   He insisted to Republican senators that this did not represent the beginning of an extended U.S. military presence in Bosnia.

99.   He is also the perfect villain to justify the huge military presence in the Gulf that protects American oil interests.

100.   He also mentioned the E. Coli bacteria food poisoning epidemic, corruption scandals involving bureaucrats and the debate over reducing the U.S. military presence on Okinawa.