21.   Since such displays of American force risk antagonizing local residents, it is important that security safeguards be established under authority agreed to by the host government.

22.   Still, the U.S. presence tends to be a sensitive subject for host governments, which generally prefer that it not be publicly discussed.

23.   Such projects often are financed by host governments through World Bank programs, which the Clinton administration wants cut off for India.

24.   The AID grants, which can vary wildly from year to year, tend to be for work with nonpartisan projects approved by the host government.

25.   The bank is pleased that it has only one instance where the host government and the locals have given a project trouble.

26.   The FBI attach offices overseas, the brainchild of former Director Louis Freeh, launched investigations with the help of host governments.

27.   The staff works with U.S. embassies and host governments to sponsor exhibitions of American art and American musical performances and to broker artist exchanges.

28.   The UN troops in Sierra Leone have been criticized by the host government for not fighting back when attacked by the rebels.

29.   Unlike previous summits, the host U.S. government is paying for only about two-thirds of the total cost.

30.   Washington also hopes to reach new agreements with host governments to ensure that American commanders can carry out protective measures in foreign territorial waters.