11.   But he reiterated the White House position that Clinton has the authority to dispatch troops with or without congressional authority.

12.   But over the years, particularly during the Cold War, presidents often dispatched troops without prior authority.

13.   Clinton has made no commitment to seek formal congressional approval, as opposed to pledging nonbinding consultations, before dispatching troops.

14.   Evidence that Milosevic wanted to dispatch more troops prompted U.S. peacekeeping forces in Bosnia on Saturday to blow up the railroad tracks that run between Podgorica and Belgrade.

15.   Federal troops were finally dispatched to break the strike.

16.   For Clinton, the one-year limit imposed on the original NATO mission was crucial to winning congressional support when he dispatched troops last November.

17.   France has sent thousands of peacekeepers to Bosnia, and dispatched troops to a European force to reinforce them.

18.   Germany urged NATO to decide swiftly whether to dispatch troops.

19.   He opposed dispatching ground troops to Bosnia and Haiti.

20.   He shocked businessmen by dispatching federal troops in a national coal strike on the side of striking miners.