51.  He said that American leadership in foreign affairs has never been more important, and that nowhere is it more important than in the Mideast.

52.  He warned that while increased trade and economic growth might knit nations closer together, without active American leadership they would not guarantee peace, wealth or environmental protection.

53.  If Republicans and Democrats want a true bipartisan achievement, American leadership to eliminate plutonium and enriched-uranium production would be remembered always, and blessed.

54.  In an era of tectonic shifts in world affairs, we must not continue to entrust American leadership to would-be statesmen still suffering form a post-Vietnam syndrome.

55.  In fact, the American Congressional leadership had few evident fans here, regardless of nationality.

56.  In his speech on Wednesday, Christopher said the United States needed to maintain spending on foreign affairs to advance American leadership around the world.

57.  In Bosnia he recaptures the moral high ground and shows that he is capable of wielding American leadership within NATO.

58.  In the absence of American leadership, the Serbs have continued ethnic cleansing, which is just another name for genocide.

59.  Instead of reinforcing a failed policy, the Administration should assert American leadership for a viable policy which would grant Bosnia the means to defend itself without American soldiers.

60.  It has become a large test of American leadership.