81.  America should have led with special operations forces, not conventional forces, he said.

82.  As part of a possible agreement on NATO expansion, Russia may be allowed to keep higher levels of conventional forces active both in Russia and in neighboring countries.

83.  Bush suggested last Friday that as a goodwill gesture, North Korea should pull back some of the conventional forces massed near the border with South Korea.

84.  --Conventional forces for major wars.

85.  Even conventional U.S. forces also on the ground in Afghanistan are kept in the dark.

86.  He also called for a review of the treaty on conventional forces in Europe, Interfax said.

87.  He also called for a review of the treaty on conventional forces in Europe.

88.  He agreed that with conventional forces in disarray, reliance on nuclear forces could be increasing.

89.  Hard-line deputies argue the country needs a stiff nuclear shield to compensate for shabby conventional forces.

90.  He previously was political counselor at the U.S. Embassy in Israel and was chief negotiator in talks on the Warsaw Pact on conventional forces in Europe.