11.   Pentagon officials say that while troop levels have been reduced dramatically since the end of the Cold War, the number of military bases have not.

12.   Religious leaders and social activists in Oaxaca say the Mexican army is rapidly building up troop levels in remote mountains there.

13.   The CFE is supposed to be signed Friday along with the charter, but negotiations are still underway with Russia over its troop levels in Georgia and Moldova.

14.   The Clinton administration made that concession in exchange for keeping the US troop level lower.

15.   The issue of Guard and Reserve troop levels poses political problems for the Bush administration, and Democrats are clearly interested in exploiting those problems.

16.   Unless the unglued deal with the North gets glued again, President Clinton will seek economic sanctions and will beef up U.S. troop levels here.

17.   A group of municipal officials from Okinawa appealed to government and U.S. Embassy officials Wednesday for lower American troop levels on their southern island.

18.   Authorities zeroed in on the location last month after special troops registered radiation levels at many times normal levels.

19.   Both sides say they continue to support the current troop level.

20.   But the United States has said it has to keep its present troop level on Okinawa for security reasons.