21.  The government is also committed to building two large aircraft carriers to replace the existing force of three small carriers.

22.  The government has struggled to supply proper equipment, housing and timely paychecks to the existing force.

23.  The NATO force in Bosnia, unlike the existing U.N. force, will be heavily armed to deal with any threat to its safety.

24.  The NATO force in Bosnia, unlike the existing U.N. force, will be heavily armed and prepared to deal with any threat to its safety.

25.  To save time, he said, the existing U.N. forces, rathern than new NATO troops, should oversee the transition.

26.  U.N. officials have indicated they are trying to keep an international presence between the Serbs and Croats by changing the name and mandate of the existing U.N. force.

27.  U.S. Ambassador Madeleine Albright said Washington expects a stable transition as more than half of the U.N. peacekeepers will be veterans of the existing multinational force.

28.  Unlike the existing U.N. force, it will have authority to shoot first if faced with what appears to be hostile intent rather than waiting to be fired upon.

29.  UN peacekeepers in Croatia said they intend to redeploy existing forces along the border and move observation posts in a buffer zone separating Croat and Krajina Serb armies.

30.  Though the existing peacekeeping force will assume IFOR responsibilities for a while, the transfer of authority to alliance troops has meant redeploying large numbers of soldiers and equipment.