1.   And it would do nothing to address the question of how to modernize the force.

2.   And the Czechs, like the Poles, have to decide in the next several months about buying new fighter aircraft to modernize their forces.

3.   Even as thousands of service members are directly engaged in the war on terrorism, there is a longstanding requirement to improve readiness and modernize our forces.

4.   Pastrana has pushed to end human rights violations by the army and modernize the force even as he conducted peace talks with the FARC.

5.   Rumsfeld has presided over a series of studies aimed not just at modernizing the forces but reorganizing them under a bold new strategy.

6.   That money, said Cohen, could be used to help modernize the forces and to improve training, two key goals of the Bush administration.

7.   Defense Minister Igor Rodionov, who was appointed in July, has been charged with drastically cutting the military and modernizing the force.

8.   The changes were part of a much more comprehensive effort to modernize the force and make it more attractive for Catholic recruits.

9.   The diplomat said China intends to modernize its forces whether or not the United States follows through with development of a defense against long-range missiles.

10.   The ministers also will assess progress made with the Defense Capabilities Initiative, an American plan launched at the NATO summit in Washington last year to modernize allied forces.