101.  But sending the American force takes time.

102.  But since then, Marshall and others say, potential foes have acquired means of attacking such clumps of American forces using satellite imagery and precision-guided missiles.

103.  But the administration stretches the truth when it declares that American forces have created the safe and secure environment that the United Nations made a precondition for transferring authority.

104.  But the application of American force overseas should never be a matter of mystery and speculation at home or exempt from congressional consultation.

105.  But the American forces have not systematically shared their own stocks of food, medicine, blankets and clothing with victims of the storm.

106.  But the commission found that commanders in the Persian Gulf were still not devoting enough attention to protecting American forces from attack, the officials said on Friday.

107.  But the two men disagreed over the proper use of American forces in conflicts around the globe.

108.  But the repetition is in large part the work of President Saddam Hussein of Iraq, who has shown a penchant for keeping American forces on the move.

109.  But their exchanges showed Gore to be more willing to use American force to intervene in regional conflicts.

110.  But they also said American forces would not intervene every time Haitian police used truncheons to break up demonstrations.