21.  Some lawmakers, concerned about the cost and the expansion of federal responsibilities, oppose creating a new federal force to handle the task.

22.  Some militia members say a different federal force is poised in northern Mexico just across the border from Arizona and New Mexico.

23.  The Army Reserve is a federal force comprised chiefly of support troops such as military police, under the direction of Pentagon commanders.

24.  The invasion of Dagestan by Chechen fighters was eventually repelled by federal forces, which then moved onto Chechen territory.

25.  The next day, he was detained by federal forces.

26.  The president and Creel weighed whether to use friendly persuasion or federal force to settle the issue.

27.  The president stopped short of answering the call on Capitol Hill for a complete federalization of airport checkpoints, including the creation of a federal force of passenger screeners.

28.  The two neighbors fled with their children to the Ingush town of Sleptsovsk after federal forces began bombing Grozny in November.

29.  Then, the garrison hosted a field day, inviting federal forces stationed in the area.

30.  With the rebels trapped in the south, he said, federal forces would attack and destroy them.