1.   And it was no coincidence that the French announcement came on the day NATO authorized the deployment of Ifor.

2.   Congress has not authorized this deployment.

3.   The arrival of the British forces followed several weeks of negotiation, and preceded by several hours the U.N. Security Council passage of a resolution authorizing their deployment.

4.   The French plan to introduce a U.N. Security Council resolution that would authorize the deployment of the force.

5.   The governor authorized the deployment of National Guard troops to the counties Monday.

6.   The Senate is expected to take up a resolution next week that would authorize the deployment of forces.

7.   The United States and most of the rest of the allies believe all NATO needs is a Security Council resolution authorizing deployment of the force.

8.   Parliament rushed to authorize any deployment before it went into summer recess.

9.   Britain and France, while pledging to contribute troops, said another resolution would be needed at a later date to formally authorize the deployment of an international force.

10.   But Russia has balked so far, saying that Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic would first have to authorize such deployment.