81.   The trip comes just months after Kuklinski was cleared of communist-era charges.

82.   The trip comes just weeks after the U.S. Senate approved the first wave of NATO expansion and the European Union ratified plans for a single currency, he noted.

83.   The trip comes nearly four years after the Zapatista rebels began a brief rebellion, promising an armed march on Mexico City.

84.   The trip comes on the heels of an agreement signed Tuesday that strengthens coordination between the armed forces of the two countries.

85.   The trip will come after one by CIA Director George Tenet.

86.   The trip will come after the summit at which NATO will issue invitations to prospective new members.

87.   The trip came after the Czech Republic, with strong U.S. support, was issued an invitation to join NATO.

88.   The trip comes ahead of a key summit later this month between U.S. President George W. Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

89.   The trip comes as leader Kim Jong Il is easing North Korea out of its self-imposed isolation.

90.   The trip would have come before Turkey assumed command of international peacekeeping mission in Afghanistan in late June.