11.  But the Security Council has repeatedly balked at the request, rejecting an expanded international force in favor of quickly training a national Afghan army and police force.

12.  China sees an expanded ICBM force as necessary to overcome a U.S. missile defense system, maintaining its ability to strike the U.S. mainland.

13.  Expanded Kosovo force would rebuild tattered province.

14.  Graham said it was too early to say whether Canada would consider sending more troops to take part in an expanded international force.

15.  He did not suggest the size of an expanded force, or say where it should be deployed.

16.  Holbrooke said the expanded U.N. force could be deployed by August, but that it depended partly on whether Congo complied with the new agreement.

17.  In Washington, Sen. Russ Feingold, D-Wis., urged his colleagues to support the expanded force.

18.  Meanwhile military planners started drawing up a rough picture Tuesday of the expanded force to bring Kosovar refugees home.

19.  The administration has already begun to consult with Congress on authorizing an expanded peacekeeping force for Sierra Leone and a mission of cease-fire monitors for Congo, he said.

20.  The midnight meeting of the council was called by France and came after repeated delays by the United States, which had questions about funding the expanded force.