21.   During the Reagan years, the best investment was in defeating the Soviet Union with a massive military buildup.

22.   Eleven years ago, the ship was modernized and returned to fleet service as part of the Reagan-era military buildup.

23.   Even in the Persian Gulf war, where the military buildup took months, the Pentagon was loath to disclose which units were going where.

24.   Even without the use of Saudi bases, the US military buildup in the region provides Washington with several attack options.

25.   Even as administration officials suggested Friday that another strike on Iraq was no longer imminent, the U.S. military buildup in the region continued.

26.   Even with the war effort seemingly going well, few students believe that the military buildup will suddenly subside.

27.   First with the panicky military buildup during the Korean War.

28.   Further, there is a risk that battlefield failures in Chechnya during the coming Russian presidential campaign could spur demands for a costly and wasteful military buildup.

29.   He supported the Reagan-era military buildup and warned more recently against financing domestic programs through defense cuts.

30.   If it was, he added, it would only come because the U.S. military buildup posed a large enough threat to Iraqi President Saddam Hussein.