51.   The Cohen memo came amid an Army-Guard controversy over the number of combat troops in the Guard.

52.   The decision, though, falls well short of sending combat troops to Bosnia itself.

53.   The effort has included Pentagon permission to photograph combat troops.

54.   The German force, moreover, will be largely made up of logistics, medical and transport units rather than combat troops.

55.   The last American combat troops left Somalia in March of last year.

56.   The Pentagon continued flooding combat troops into the Persian Gulf region despite signs that Iraqi forces may be withdrawing from forward positions.

57.   The pool of registrants could be used to build a supply of combat troops if Congress ever reinstates the draft.

58.   The Philippine constitution forbids foreign combat troops, and the government stresses that the Americans will only be advisers.

59.   The Philippine president, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, has backed the American-led coalition against terrorism, even offering combat troops to Washington.

60.   The number of tanks could be reduced before the final pullout and combat troops replaced by military police, he said.