41.   NATO need not commit its troops to hunt down war crimes suspects.

42.   NATO officials are preparing to meet this week to determine their next step, amid continuing disagreements over whether to commit troops for a ground war.

43.   Nonetheless, Kmiec says presidents always consult with Congress either before committing troops abroad or just afterwards.

44.   Of the leading countries that have committed troops to the Kosovo peace implementation force, only the Americans are not part of the ground force in neighboring Macedonia.

45.   On foreign affairs, Bush was asked under what circumstances he would commit troops to the Middle East.

46.   One would require that Clinton seek congressional support before committing ground troops to Kosovo.

47.   Others note that Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld remains extremely resistant to committing troops for any type of peacekeeping mission.

48.   Representative Martin Meehan, a Massachusetts Democrat, said he would want a House vote on committing ground troops in Kosovo.

49.   Reassurances that the U.S. had no plans to commit ground troops to Bosnia were largely unnecessary in financial markets.

50.   Setting up a staging area in the capital, Kigali, would mark an important new phase, committing American troops in Rwanda for the first time.