51. By those criteria, troops on duty in the Balkans separating militias or helping to rebuild infrastructure are eroding their readiness because they are neither fighting nor conducting exercises. 52. Can the United States continue to shape Western policy toward the region if it no longer has troops on the ground? 53. Clinton then sent Dole a letter from Haiti, where he visited U.S. troops on Friday, chiding him for not having passed the military bill. 54. Clinton has the authority as commander-in-chief to send troops on a peacekeeping mission without congressional approval. 55. Crude oil soared after the United Nations suspended plans to allow Iraq to export oil following an attack by Iraqi troops on a Kurdish stronghold. 56. Does that include the option of massing NATO troops on the borders of Kosovo? 57. Dorego later led Australian troops on a rescue of the weakened forest population. 58. Each side has stationed hundreds of thousands of troops on either side of a demilitarized zone filled with tank barriers and minefields. 59. Do you want to play for the troops on Christmas Eve? 60. Dole also introduced legislation to rein in the administration on sending U.S. troops on United Nations peacekeeping efforts. |